''Strongylopus'' ('strongylos'=round, 'pus'=foot) is a

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of pyxicephalid frogs native to Africa. They are found in the area from southwestern

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and

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to northern

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. Their common name is stream frogs.

Description

''Strongylopus'' are small to medium-sized frogs: adult snout–vent lengths are typically in the range of . Species within this genus may be found at altitudes from sea level up to 3250 m in elevation. They generally occur in riparian habitats, including fynbos heath, grassland, montane flooded grassland, savanna and forest edge. Some species occur in more specific habitats, such as '' Strongylopus kilimanjaro'' in alpine moorland near cold water streams.

Species

These species belong to this genus: * '' Strongylopus bonaespei'' (Dubois, 1981) – Banded stream frog * '' Strongylopus fasciatus'' (Smith, 1849) – Striped stream frog * '' Strongylopus fuelleborni'' (Nieden, 1911) – Fuelleborn's stream frog * '' Strongylopus grayii'' (Smith, 1849) – Gray's stream frog * '' Strongylopus kilimanjaro'' (Clarke and Poynton, 2005) * '' Strongylopus kitumbeine'' (Channing and Davenport, 2002) * '' Strongylopus merumontanus'' (Lönnberg, 1910) * '' Strongylopus rhodesianus'' (Hewitt, 1933) – Chimanimani stream frog * '' Strongylopus springbokensis'' (Channing, 1986) – Namaqua stream frog * '' Strongylopus wageri'' (Wager, 1961) – Wager's stream frog

References

Pyxicephalidae Amphibians of Sub-Saharan Africa Amphibian genera Taxa named by Johann Jakob von Tschudi {{Ranoidea-stub