''Cryptothylax'' is a small genus of
hyperoliid 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 found in the
Congo Basin
The Congo Basin (french: Bassin du Congo) is the sedimentary basin of the Congo River. The Congo Basin is located in Central Africa, in a region known as west equatorial Africa. The Congo Basin region is sometimes known simply as the Congo. It c ...
.
Species
There are two species in this genus:
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* '']Cryptothylax greshoffii
''Cryptothylax greshoffii'' is a species of frogs in the family Hyperoliidae.
It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and possibly Republic of the Congo.
Its ...
'' (Schilthuis, 1889)
* ''Cryptothylax minutus
''Cryptothylax minutus'' is a species of frogs in the family Hyperoliidae found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and possibly the Republic of the Congo.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, swamps ...
'' Laurent, 1976
References
Hyperoliidae
Amphibians of Africa
Amphibian genera
Taxa named by Raymond Laurent
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