Afrixalus knysnae (Loveridge, 1954)
Hyperolius knysnae Loveridge, 1954, Ann. Natal Mus., 13: 95. Holotype: MCZ 10884, by original designation. Type locality: "Knysna, [Western] Cape Province, Union of South Africa".
Afrixalus brachycnemis knysnae — Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 181.
Afrixalus knysnae — Pickersgill, 1984, Durban Mus. Novit., 13: 206.
English Names
Knysna Banana Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 65).
Knysna Spiny Reed Frog (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 139).
Knysna Spiny Leaf-folding Frog (Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 232).
Distribution
Marshy habitats in the Knysna area (Groenvlei in the west to Covie in the east) on the south coast of Rep. South Africa, astride the Western Cape--Eastern Cape provincial border.
Comment
Treated as distinct from Afrixalus brachycnemis by Pickersgill, 1984, Durban Mus. Novit., 13: 206. See accounts by Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 181-182, Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 139-140, Burger, Pickersgill, Braack, and Minter, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 128-131, Pickersgill, 2007, Frog Search: 435-436, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 234. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 280.
External Links
Please note: these links will take you to external websites not affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History. We are not responsible for their content.
- For additional sources of information from other sites search Google
- For images search Arkive, CalPhoto Images and Google Images
- To search the NIH genetic sequence database, see GenBank
- For information aggregation from other sites and some original accounts see AmphibiaWeb report
- For further information on conservation status and distribution see the IUCN Redlist
- For related information on conservation and images as well as observation see iNaturalist;
- for a quick link to their maps see iNaturalist KML
