Afrixalus_fulvovittatus

Banded banana frog

Banded banana frog

Species of amphibian

The banded banana frog (Afrixalus fulvovittatus) is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Habitat

The Banded banana frogs natural habitats savanna and wetlands such as degraded former forests, they are not found in primary or secondary forests. Breeding takes place in on folded leaves above water, once hatched tadpoles will fall into the water and develop.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Afrixalus fulvovittatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T56064A18369490. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T56064A18369490.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Banded Banana Frog". IUCN Red List. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2023.

Bibliography

  • Channing, A., & Howell K. (2006). Amphibians of East Africa. Comstock books in herpetology. 418 p., [24] p. of plates. Ithaca: Comstock Pub. Associates/Cornell University Press,.
  • Zimkus, B. 2012. Afrixalus fulvovittatus. African Amphibians Lifedesk
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