Torrent frog explained

Torrent frogs are a number of unrelated frogs that prefer to inhabit small rapid-flowing mountain or hill streams with a lot of torrents. They are generally smallish neobatrachians with a greyish-brown and usually darkly mottled back, giving them excellent camouflage among wet rocks overgrown with algae; their well-developed feet make them agile climbers of slippery rocks.

Torrent frogs belong to the following taxa:

• The "torrent frogs" of Asia are certain species in various ranoid genera: Amolops, Huia, Odorrana (all Ranidae), Micrixalus, (Micrixalidae) and Nanorana (Dicroglossidae).
• The "torrent frogs" of Africa are the genera Arthroleptides, Petropedetes (both family Petropedetidae) and Odontobatrachus (Odontobatrachidae), which are found in eastern Africa, central Africa and western Africa, respectively.^[1]
• The "torrent frogs" of Australia are the genus Taudactylus of the Australian ground frog family (Myobatrachidae).
• The torrent treefrog (Litoria nannotis) of Australia is in the tree frog family (Hylidae)

See also

• Grass frog (disambiguation)
• Green frog (disambiguation)
• Rocket frog (disambiguation)
• Tree frog
• Torrent salamander

Notes and References

1. Barej . M. F. . Rödel . M. O. . Loader . S. P. . Menegon . M. . Gonwouo . N. L. . Penner . J. . Gvoždík . V. C. . Günther . R. . Bell . R. C. . Nagel . P. . Schmitz . A. . 2014 . Light shines through the spindrift – Phylogeny of African torrent frogs (Amphibia, Anura, Petropedetidae) . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 71 . 261–73 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.001 . 24239613.