Banded Rubber Frog

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Banded Rubber Frog
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Microhylidae Genus: Phrynomantis Species: P. bifasciatus
Binomial name
Phrynomantis bifasciatus (Smith, 1847)

The Banded Rubber Frog (Phrynomantis bifasciatus) is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, intermittent freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, water storage areas, ponds, and canals and ditches.

[edit] References

• Minter, L., Poynton, J.C. & Balletto, E. 2004. Phrynomantis bifasciatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.