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Cryptothylax greshoffii

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Cryptothylax greshoffii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hyperoliidae
Genus: Cryptothylax
Species:
C. greshoffii
Binomial name
Cryptothylax greshoffii
(Schilthuis, 1899)

Cryptothylax greshoffii is a species of frogs in the family Hyperoliidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and possibly Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, and aquaculture ponds. Cryptothylax greshoffii and “Hyperolius” robustus have a phylogenetic relatationship[2]

References

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  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Cryptothylax greshoffii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T56094A18371419. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T56094A18371419.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Nečas, Tadeáš; Badjedjea, Gabriel; Vopálenský, Michal; Gvoždík, Václav (2021-04-16). "Congolius, a new genus of African reed frog endemic to the central Congo: A potential case of convergent evolution". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 8338. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-87495-2. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 8052363. PMID 33863953.