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Spotted snout-burrower

Spotted snout-burrower

Species of frog

The spotted snout-burrower (Hemisus guttatus), or spotted shovelnose frog, is a species of frog in the family Hemisotidae, found in South Africa and possibly Eswatini.

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Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, temperate shrubland, temperate grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Sources

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    IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group.; South African Frog Re-assessment Group; et al. (SA-FRoG) (2017). "Hemisus guttatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T55280A77161389. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T55280A77161389.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.


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