Common squeaker
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Arthroleptis stenodactylus, the common squeaker, dune squeaker, narrow-footed humus frog, savanna squeaking frog, or shovel-footed squeaker, is a species of frog in the family Arthroleptidae. It occurs widely in the Sub-Saharan Africa and is known from coastal Kenya and eastern and southern Tanzania (including Zanzibar), south to Malawi and Mozambique and southwest to Zambia and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo to western Angola, northern Botswana, Zimbabwe, and northeastern South Africa.[1][2] An isolated population in Uganda likely represent another species, and it is possible that the current species circumscription includes further cryptic species.[1]
Arthroleptis stenodactylus inhabits a very wide variety of habitats such as forest, savanna woodland, thickets, and suburban areas at elevations up to Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level, possibly higher. It is typically found in leaf litter. Breeding is through direct development and not dependent on water. The eggs are laid in hollows or burrows in damp earth. It is an abundant species that is not facing significant threats.[1]
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- Arthroleptis
- Frogs of Africa
- Amphibians of Angola
- Amphibians of Botswana
- Amphibians of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Amphibians of Kenya
- Amphibians of Malawi
- Amphibians of Mozambique
- Amphibians of South Africa
- Amphibians of Tanzania
- Amphibians of Zambia
- Amphibians of Zimbabwe
- Taxa named by Georg Johann Pfeffer
- Amphibians described in 1893
- Taxonomy articles created by Polbot