World Species : Phrynobatrachus parvulus (Loanda Rifler Frog)

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Phrynobatrachus parvulus (Loanda Rifler Frog)

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Synonyms: Arthroleptis parvulus; Arthroleptis schoutedeni; Pararthroleptis schoutedeni; Phrynobatrachus schoutedeni; Phrynobatrachus ukingensis nyikae

Wikipedia Abstract

Phrynobatrachus parvulus is a species of frog in the Petropedetidae family.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, possibly Mozambique, and possibly Namibia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, ponds, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches.

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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0)

Unique (100)

Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0)

Unique & Vulnerable (100)

ED Score: 12.43

EDGE Score: 2.6

Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Litters / Year ^[1]	1
Snout to Vent Length ^[1]	0.984 inches (2.5 cm)

Ecoregions

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Name	Countries	Ecozone	Biome
Angolan Miombo woodlands	Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo	Afrotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Angolan montane forest-grassland mosaic	Angola	Afrotropic	Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands	Tanzania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi	Afrotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands	Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa	Afrotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Northeastern Congolian lowland forests	Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Republic of the Congo	Afrotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Southern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola	Afrotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Southern Miombo woodlands	Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia	Afrotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Western Congolian forest-savanna mosaic	Gabon, Congo, Democratic Rep of the Congo, Angola	Afrotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands	South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia, Malawi	Afrotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands	Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe	Afrotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Zambezian flooded grasslands	Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia	Afrotropic	Flooded Grasslands and Savannas

Protected Areas

Name	IUCN Category	Area acres	Location
Impenetrable (Bwindi) Forest Reserve National Park	II	81404	Uganda
Kibale National Park	II	196202	Uganda
Parc National de l'Upemba National Park	II	3342558	Democratic Republic of the Congo

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name	Location	Endemic	Species	Website
Eastern Afromontane	Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe	No

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ ¹Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.

Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database

Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund

Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0