Pickersgill's reed frog

Pickersgill's reed frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hyperoliidae
Genus: Hyperolius
Species: H. pickersgilli
Binomial name
Hyperolius pickersgilli
Raw, 1982

Pickersgill's reed frog (Hyperolius pickersgilli) is a species of frogs in the Hyperoliidae family endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland, temperate grassland, swamps, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. South African Frog Re-assessment Group (SA-FRoG) & IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2010). "Hyperolius pickersgilli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 21 April 2011.


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