Amietia
Amietia is a genus of frogs, commonly known as large-mouthed frogs or river frogs, in the family Pyxicephalidae. They are endemic to central and southern Africa. Formerly, the genus was named Afrana and was placed in the family Ranidae.[1]
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| Amietia angolensis (Angola river frog) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pyxicephalidae |
| Subfamily: | Cacosterninae |
| Genus: | Amietia Dubois, 1987 |
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Etymology
The generic name, Amietia, is in honor of French herpetologist Jean-Louis Amiet.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Amietia:[1]
- Amietia angolensis (Bocage, 1866), Angola river frog, common river frog
- Amietia chapini (Noble, 1924)
- Amietia delalandii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
- Amietia desaegeri (Laurent, 1972)
- Amietia fuscigula (A.M.C. Duméril and Bibron, 1841), Cape river frog
- Amietia hymenopus (Boulenger, 1920)
- Amietia inyangae (Poynton, 1966), Inyangani river frog
- Amietia johnstoni (Günther, 1894), Johnston's river frog
- Amietia moyerorum (Channing, Dehling, Lötters, and Ernst, 2016)
- Amietia nutti (Boulenger, 1896)
- Amietia poyntoni (Channing and Baptista, 2013)
- Amietia ruwenzorica (Laurent, 1972)
- Amietia tenuoplicata (Pickersgill, 2007)
- Amietia vandijki (Visser and Channing, 1997)
- Amietia vertebralis (Hewitt, 1927), Ice frog
- Amietia wittei (Angel, 1924)
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References
- Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Amietia Dubois, 1987". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
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