Natal sand frog
| Natal sand frog | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pyxicephalidae |
| Subfamily: | Cacosterninae |
| Genus: | Tomopterna |
| Species: | T. natalensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tomopterna natalensis (Smith, 1849) | |
The Natal sand frog (Tomopterna natalensis) is a species of frog in the Pyxicephalidae family. It is found in Mozambique, South Africa, and Swaziland, and possibly Botswana, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, and ponds.
References
- Channing, A. & Minter, L. 2004. Tomopterna natalensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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