Amietia Explained

Amietia is a genus of frogs, commonly known as large-mouthed frogs or river frogs, in the family Pyxicephalidae. They are endemic to central and southern Africa. Formerly, the genus was named Afrana and was placed in the family Ranidae.^[1]

Etymology

The generic name, Amietia, is in honor of French herpetologist Jean-Louis Amiet.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Amietia:^[1]

• Amietia angolensis (Bocage, 1866), Angola river frog, common river frog
• Amietia chapini (Noble, 1924)
• Amietia delalandii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
• Amietia desaegeri (Laurent, 1972)
• Amietia fuscigula (A.M.C. Duméril and Bibron, 1841), Cape river frog
• Amietia hymenopus (Boulenger, 1920)
• Amietia inyangae (Poynton, 1966), Inyangani river frog
• Amietia johnstoni (Günther, 1894), Johnston's river frog
• Amietia moyerorum (Channing, Dehling, Lötters, and Ernst, 2016)
• Amietia nutti (Boulenger, 1896)
• Amietia poyntoni (Channing and Baptista, 2013)
• Amietia ruwenzorica (Laurent, 1972)
• Amietia tenuoplicata (Pickersgill, 2007)
• Amietia vandijki (Visser and Channing, 1997)
• Amietia vertebralis (Hewitt, 1927), Ice frog
• Amietia wittei (Angel, 1924)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Amietia Dubois, 1987 . Frost . Darrel R. . 2013 . Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference . American Museum of Natural History . 15 October 2013.