Guinea snout-burrower
The Guinea snout-burrower (Hemisus guineensis), or Guinea shovelnose frog, is a species of frog in the family Hemisotidae found in sub-Saharan Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, heavily degraded former forests, ponds, and canals and ditches.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hemisotidae |
| Genus: | Hemisus |
| Species: | H. guineensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemisus guineensis Cope, 1865 | |
References
- Msuya, C., Rödel, M.-O., Poynton, J.C., Minter, L., Howell, K. & Lötters, S. 2004. Hemisus guineensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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