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Poyntonia paludicola (Kogelberg Reserve Frog)

Wikipedia Abstract

Poyntonia, is a monotypic frog genus in the Pyxicephalidae family. It is also known under common names reserve frogs and marsh frogs. The sole member of the genus, Poyntonia paludicola (common names: montane marsh frog, Kogelberg reserve frog), is endemic to the Western Cape province, South Africa. It has been recorded in the Kogelberg, Hottentots-Holland, and Klein River mountains at the elevations of 200–1,800 m (660–5,910 ft) asl. Even though its range is very restricted and in four separate locations, it is relatively common where it occurs. It is possible that the separate populations represent cryptic species, but this has not yet been studied.
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Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  0.945 inches (2.4 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Montane fynbos and renosterveld South Africa Afrotropic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas World Heritage Site 1366493 South Africa  
Hottentots-holland Mountain Catchment Area 57501 South Africa  
Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve II 256073 Western Cape, South Africa  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Cape Floristic Region South Africa Yes

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