''Arthroleptella'' is a genus of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" '' Triadobatrachus'' is ...

s known as moss frogs in the family

Pyxicephalidae The Pyxicephalidae are a family of frogs currently found in sub-Saharan Africa. However, in the Eocene, the taxon '' Thaumastosaurus'' lived in Europe. Classification The Pyxicephalidae contain two subfamilies, with a total of 12 genera. This ...

. The ten species of this genus are

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

to South Africa. It contains the following species: * ''

Arthroleptella atermina ''Arthroleptella'' is a genus of frogs known as moss frogs in the family Pyxicephalidae. The ten species of this genus are endemic to South Africa. It contains the following species: * '' Arthroleptella atermina'' Turner and Channing, 2017 - Riv ...

'' Turner and Channing, 2017 - Riviersonderent moss frog * ''

Arthroleptella bicolor The Bainskloof moss frog or Bainskloof chirping frog (''Arthroleptella bicolor'') is a species of frogs in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is endemic to South Africa. Description The Bainskloof moss frog is a small frog which reaches a maximum len ...

'' Hewitt, 1926 – Bainskloof moss frog * ''

Arthroleptella draconella ''Arthroleptella'' is a genus of frogs known as moss frogs in the family Pyxicephalidae. The ten species of this genus are endemic to South Africa. It contains the following species: * '' Arthroleptella atermina'' Turner and Channing, 2017 - Riv ...

'' Turner and Channing, 2017 – Drakenstein moss frog * ''

Arthroleptella drewesii The Drewes' moss frog (''Arthroleptella drewesii'') is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is endemic to Fernkloof Nature Reserve & nearby surroundings in South Africa. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetatio ...

'' Channing, Hendricks and Dawood, 1994 – Drewes' moss frog * ''

Arthroleptella kogelbergensis ''Arthroleptella'' is a genus of frogs known as moss frogs in the family Pyxicephalidae. The ten species of this genus are endemic to South Africa. It contains the following species: * ''Arthroleptella atermina'' Turner and Channing, 2017 - Rivi ...

'' Turner and Channing, 2017 – Kogelsberg moss frog * '' Arthroleptella landdrosia'' Dawood and Channing, 2000 –

Landdros moss frog The Landdros moss frog (''Arthroleptella landdrosia'') is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae The Pyxicephalidae are a family of frogs currently found in sub-Saharan Africa. However, in the Eocene, the taxon '' Thaumastosaurus'' ...

* ''

Arthroleptella lightfooti Lightfoot's moss frog or the Cape Peninsula moss frog (''Arthroleptella lightfooti'') is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitats are temperate forest, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegeta ...

'' (Boulenger, 1910) – Lightfoot's moss frog * ''

Arthroleptella rugosa ''Arthroleptella rugosa'' is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is endemic to South Africa and only known from the Klein Swartberg Mountain, an inselberg near Caledon, Western Cape. The specific name ''rugosa'' is Latin for ''w ...

'' Turner and Channing, 2008 –

Rough moss frog ''Arthroleptella rugosa'' is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is endemic to South Africa and only known from the Klein Swartberg Mountain, an inselberg near Caledon, Western Cape. The specific name ''rugosa'' is Latin for ''w ...

* ''

Arthroleptella subvoce ''Arthroleptella subvoce'' is a species of frogs in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is endemic to South Africa and only known from the Groot Winterhoek Wilderness Area, Western Cape. Common name northern moss frog has been coined for it. The speci ...

'' Turner, de Villiers, Dawood and Channing, 2004 –

Northern moss frog ''Arthroleptella subvoce'' is a species of frogs in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is endemic to South Africa and only known from the Groot Winterhoek Wilderness Area, Western Cape. Common name northern moss frog has been coined for it. The speci ...

* '' Arthroleptella villiersi'' Hewitt, 1935 –

De Villiers' moss frog The De Villiers' moss frog (''Arthroleptella villiersi'') is a minute species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae, which is endemic to the Western Cape, South Africa. At around length, it is one of the smallest regional species, though larger th ...

Two other species were formerly classified as ''Arthroleptella'' before recently found to belong to the formerly

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

genus ''

Anhydrophryne ''Anhydrophryne'' is a genus of frogs in the family Pyxicephalidae, formerly in Petropedetidae. It is endemic to South Africa. Until recently, the genus was monotypic, containing only '' Anhydrophryne rattrayi'', until it absorbed two more specie ...

'' (Dawood and Stam 2006): * ''Arthroleptella hewitti'' → ''

Anhydrophryne hewitti Hewitt's moss frog (''Anhydrophryne hewitti''), also known as Natal chirping frog or yellow bandit frog, is a species of frog in the Pyxicephalidae family. It is found in the Drakensberg mountains of South Africa, possibly including adjacent Le ...

'' (FitzSimons, 1947) –

Hewitt's moss frog Hewitt's moss frog (''Anhydrophryne hewitti''), also known as Natal chirping frog or yellow bandit frog, is a species of frog in the Pyxicephalidae family. It is found in the Drakensberg mountains of South Africa, possibly including adjacent Le ...

* ''Arthroleptella ngongoniensis'' → ''

Anhydrophryne ngongoniensis ''Anhydrophryne ngongoniensis'', the Ngongoni moss frog, Natal bandit frog, or mistbelt chirping frog (and many combinations of the previous), is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is endemic to South Africa. ''Anhydrophryne ngon ...

'' (Bishop and Passmore, 1993) –

Ngoni moss frog ''Anhydrophryne ngongoniensis'', the Ngongoni moss frog, Natal bandit frog, or mistbelt chirping frog (and many combinations of the previous), is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is endemic to South Africa. ''Anhydrophryne ngon ...

References

Pyxicephalidae Amphibians of Sub-Saharan Africa Endemic fauna of South Africa Amphibian genera Taxa named by John Hewitt (herpetologist) Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Ranoidea-stub