Amnirana darlingi

Amnirana darlingi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Ranidae
Genus:	Amnirana
Species:	A. darlingi
Binomial name
Amnirana darlingi (Boulenger, 1902)
Synonyms
Rana darlingi Boulenger, 1902 Hylarana darlingi (Boulenger, 1902) Amnirana darlingi (Boulenger, 1902) Rana albolabris adiscifera Schmidt and Inger, 1959

Amnirana darlingi, commonly known as Darling's golden-backed frog, is a species of frogs in the family Ranidae. It is found in eastern Angola, the Caprivi Strip of Namibia, extreme northern Botswana, extreme southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia (but for the northeast), eastern and northern Zimbabwe, southern Malawi, and west-central Mozambique.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, water storage areas, and ponds.

Conservation

Significant pressures are present from an expanding human population of the region, particularly due to conversion of habitat to agriculture, extraction of river water for human consumption, and widespread slash-and-burn practises. According to C. Michael Hogan: "While the population for H. darlingi may be secure for the present, the threat accretion trends place a significant pressure upon the habitat itself, as well as the fragmentation of habitat."

References

• C.Michael Hogan. 2012. Hylarana darlingi. African Amphibians Lifedesk. ed. Breda Zimkus