Namaqua stream frog

Namaqua stream frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pyxicephalidae
Subfamily: Cacosterninae
Genus: Strongylopus
Species: S. springbokensis
Binomial name
Strongylopus springbokensis
Channing, 1986

The Namaqua stream frog (Strongylopus springbokensis) is a species of frog in the Pyxicephalidae family found in South Africa and possibly Namibia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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