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Amietia Tenuoplicata
''Amietia'' is a genus of frogs, commonly known as large-mouthed frogs or river frogs, in the family Pyxicephalidae. They are endemic to central and southern Africa. Formerly, the genus was named ''Afrana'' and was placed in the family Ranidae. Etymology The generic name, ''Amietia'', is in honor of French herpetologist Jean-Louis Amiet. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Amietia'': * '' Amietia angolensis'' (Bocage, 1866), Angola river frog, common river frog * '' Amietia chapini'' (Noble, 1924) * '' Amietia delalandii'' (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) * '' Amietia desaegeri'' (Laurent, 1972) * '' Amietia fuscigula'' (A.M.C. Duméril and Bibron, 1841), Cape river frog * ''Amietia hymenopus'' ( Boulenger, 1920) * '' Amietia inyangae'' (Poynton, 1966), Inyangani river frog * '' Amietia johnstoni'' ( Günther, 1894), Johnston's river frog * '' Amietia moyerorum'' (Channing, Dehling, Lötters, and Ernst, 2016) * '' Amietia nutti'' (Boulenger, 1896) * '' Amie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Bibron
Gabriel Bibron (20 October 1805 – 27 March 1848) was a French zoologist and herpetologist. He was born in Paris. The son of an employee of the Museum national d'histoire naturelle, he had a good foundation in natural history and was hired to collect vertebrates in Italy and Sicily. Under the direction of Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (1778–1846), he took part in the Morea expedition to Peloponnese. He classified numerous reptile species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ... with André Marie Constant Duméril (1774–1860), whom he had met in 1832. Duméril was interested mainly in the relations between genera, and he left to Bibron the task of describing the species. Working together they produced the ''Erpétologie Générale'', a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amietia Wittei
''Amietia wittei'' (common names: Molo frog, De Witte's river frog) is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania, including Mount Elgon in the Kenya/Uganda border region. Its type locality is in Molo, Kenya, located near the top of the Mau Escarpment. The specific name ''wittei'' honours Gaston-François de Witte, a Belgian naturalist. Description Adult males reach and adult females in snout–urostyle length. The dorsal ground colour is a dark brown, becoming lighter on the flanks and yellowish on to the belly. The dorsolateral folds are black, and so are many of the elongated warts on the back. A row of irregular dark blotches runs from the groin towards the tympanum. Some specimens have a pale (bright green) vertebral stripe. The upper lip is uniformly dark or marbled; a pale (coppery) band above the upper lip extends between the tympanum and eye, touching the eye. The lower lip is marbled. Habitat and conservation ''Amietia wittei' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amietia Vertebralis
''Amietia vertebralis'', also known as Maluti river frog, aquatic river frog, ice frog, large-mouthed frog, or water frog, is a species of frogs in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is an aquatic high-altitude species found in Lesotho and neighbouring South Africa. Description It is dark brown with a very warty skin and a somewhat squat appearance. It is a relatively large frog with a length from nose to vent of and from nose to toe; females are larger than males. The greatest width of its head is . Its belly and insides of legs are white with a dark reticulation. The toes have extensive webbing. The tadpoles are large and robust-bodied, with a Gosner stage 40 tadpole measuring in total length. The body, tail, and fins are darkly mottled. Habitat and ecology ''Amietia vertebralis'' occurs in cold, clear mountain streams of montane grasslands at elevations of above sea level. It is a water-dependent and largely aquatic species that can stay underwater for long periods (up to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amietia Vandijki
''Amietia vandijki'', also known as Van Dijk's river frog, is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is endemic to South Africa. The name commemorates Eddie Van Dijk, a South African herpetologist. Its natural habitats are temperate forest, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss or habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species. The organisms once living there have either moved elsewhere, or are dead, leading to a decrease .... References *Visser, J. and A. Channing. (1997). A new species of river frog from the Swartberg, South Africa (Ranidae: ''Afrana''). ''Journal of African Zoology'' 111: 191–198. vandijki Amphibians described in 1997 Endemic amphibians of South Africa Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Ranoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amietia Tenuoplicata
''Amietia'' is a genus of frogs, commonly known as large-mouthed frogs or river frogs, in the family Pyxicephalidae. They are endemic to central and southern Africa. Formerly, the genus was named ''Afrana'' and was placed in the family Ranidae. Etymology The generic name, ''Amietia'', is in honor of French herpetologist Jean-Louis Amiet. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Amietia'': * '' Amietia angolensis'' (Bocage, 1866), Angola river frog, common river frog * '' Amietia chapini'' (Noble, 1924) * '' Amietia delalandii'' (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) * '' Amietia desaegeri'' (Laurent, 1972) * '' Amietia fuscigula'' (A.M.C. Duméril and Bibron, 1841), Cape river frog * ''Amietia hymenopus'' ( Boulenger, 1920) * '' Amietia inyangae'' (Poynton, 1966), Inyangani river frog * '' Amietia johnstoni'' ( Günther, 1894), Johnston's river frog * '' Amietia moyerorum'' (Channing, Dehling, Lötters, and Ernst, 2016) * '' Amietia nutti'' (Boulenger, 1896) * '' Amie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amietia Ruwenzorica
''Amietia ruwenzorica'' (Ruwenzori Range frog or Ruwenzori river frog) is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is found in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda, including the eponymous Rwenzori Mountains on the Uganda/DRC border as well as Kabobo Plateau and Itombwe Mountains in DRC. Description Adult males can grow to and adult females to in snout–vent length. The toes are partially webbed. Skin is smooth in females and spiny in males. The supratympanic fold is nearly straight. The dorsolateral ridges are narrow and distinct. The dorsum is pale tan with irregular small dark brown marks. The dorsolateral folds are marked by narrow longitudinal marks. The nostril is surrounded by a dark spot that extends as a thin line to the eye, encloses the dark tympanum, and finally tapers to the arm insertion. The limbs have narrow dark crossbars. The ventral surfaces are white to yellow; brown mottling is sometimes present. A tadpole in Gosner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amietia Poyntoni
''Amietia'' is a genus of frogs, commonly known as large-mouthed frogs or river frogs, in the family Pyxicephalidae. They are endemic to central and southern Africa. Formerly, the genus was named ''Afrana'' and was placed in the family Ranidae. Etymology The generic name, ''Amietia'', is in honor of French herpetologist Jean-Louis Amiet. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Amietia'': * '' Amietia angolensis'' (Bocage, 1866), Angola river frog, common river frog * '' Amietia chapini'' (Noble, 1924) * '' Amietia delalandii'' (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) * '' Amietia desaegeri'' (Laurent, 1972) * '' Amietia fuscigula'' (A.M.C. Duméril and Bibron, 1841), Cape river frog * ''Amietia hymenopus'' ( Boulenger, 1920) * '' Amietia inyangae'' (Poynton, 1966), Inyangani river frog * '' Amietia johnstoni'' ( Günther, 1894), Johnston's river frog * '' Amietia moyerorum'' (Channing, Dehling, Lötters, and Ernst, 2016) * '' Amietia nutti'' (Boulenger, 1896) * '' Amie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Günther
Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther , also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther (3October 18301February 1914), was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. Günther is ranked the second-most productive reptile taxonomist (after George Albert Boulenger) with more than 340 reptile species described. Early life and career Günther was born in Esslingen in Swabia ( Württemberg). His father was a ''Stiftungs-Commissar'' in Esslingen and his mother was Eleonora Nagel. He initially schooled at the Stuttgart Gymnasium. His family wished him to train for the ministry of the Lutheran Church for which he moved to the University of Tübingen. A brother shifted from theology to medicine, and he, too, turned to science and medicine at Tübingen in 1852. His first work was "''Ueber den Puppenzustand eines Distoma''" (On the pupal state of ''Distoma''). He graduated in medicine with an M.D. from Tübingen in 1858, the same year in which he published a handbook ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amietia Johnstoni
Johnston's river frog (''Amietia johnstoni''), or Tshiromo frog, is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is endemic to Malawi. Its natural habitats are tropical moist montane forests, high-altitude grassland, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss or habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species. The organisms once living there have either moved elsewhere, or are dead, leading to a decrease .... References Amietia Frogs of Africa Amphibians of Malawi Endemic fauna of Malawi Amphibians described in 1894 Taxa named by Albert Günther Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Ranoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |