''Nectophryne'', or African tree toads, is a small
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
true toads with only two species.
They are native to West and Central Africa: Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, northeastern Congo, Bioko and Equatorial Guinea.
[ '' Nectophryne afra'' uses small bodies of water to lay its eggs which are then guarded by the male.]
Species
The genus contains two species.[
]
References
External links
* taxo
''Nectophryne''
at http://www.eol.org
* Taxo
''Nectophryne''
at https://www.itis.gov/index.html
* Taxo
''Nectophryne''
at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm
Amphibians of Sub-Saharan Africa
Amphibian genera
Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
Taxa named by Reinhold Wilhelm Buchholz
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