Afrixalus delicatus; Delicate Spiny Reed Frog

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Afrixalus delicatus; Delicate Spiny Reed Frog

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Afrixalus delicatus
Delicate Spiny Reed Frog

Photographer: Robert C. Drewes

ID: 0000 0000 1004 0938 (2004-10-28)

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date of photo May 4, 1992

date collected May 3, 1992

latitude 3.17600 longitude 39.59100 View on Google Maps.

location Kilifi Dist: Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, flooded sand quarry (Kenya)

family Hyperoliidae

order Anura

class Amphibia

habitat coastal forest

notes = Afrixalus pygmaeus

camera Nikon 8008

From the collection of the California Academy of Sciences Specimen No. 183692-713

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photo category: Animal - Amphibian

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common names Delicate Spiny Reed Frog (AW )

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Reviewed by Martin Pickersgill Jan 25, 2008

Action: changed name from "Afrixalus septentrionalis" to "Afrixalus delicatus "

Reviewer's comments:

"Afrixalus septentrionalis is a very different animal with a thick mid-dorsal stripe. A. delicatus is common right up the coast from South Africa to Somalia."

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