Anhydrophryne Explained

Anhydrophryne is a genus of frogs in the family Pyxicephalidae, formerly in Petropedetidae. It is endemic to South Africa. Until recently, the genus was monotypic, containing only Anhydrophryne rattrayi, until it absorbed two more species formerly classified as belonging to genus Arthroleptella.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

The genus contains these species:^[1]

• Anhydrophryne hewitti (FitzSimons, 1947) – Hewitt's moss frog
• Anhydrophryne ngongoniensis (Bishop and Passmore, 1993) – Ngoni moss frog
• Anhydrophryne rattrayi Hewitt, 1919 – Hogsback frog

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anhydrophryne Hewitt, 1919 . Frost, Darrel R. . 2014 . Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 . American Museum of Natural History . 18 January 2014.
2. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group . 2013 . Anhydrophryne hewitti . 2013 . e.T58059A3064127 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T58059A3064127.en . 12 November 2021.
3. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. . South African Frog Re-assessment Group . SA-FRoG . 2016 . Anhydrophryne ngongoniensis . 2016 . e.T58062A77157706 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T58062A77157706.en . 12 November 2021.