Afrixalus fornasini
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Afrixalus fornasini

Afrixalus fornasini is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae and is native to Africa. Its common name is Fornasini's spiny reed frog or the greater leaf-folding frog

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The specific epithet fornasini is in honour of Italian amateur naturalist Carlo Antonio Fornasini, who collected the type specimen.

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Distribution

Geography

It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa and possibly Eswatini. Its natural habitats are temperate forest, subtropical or tropical dry forest, dry savanna, moist savanna, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, water storage areas, and ponds.

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Population number

The species is threatened in some parts of its range by habitat loss, but in general it is not very rare, and in some places common.

References

1. Afrixalus fornasini Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrixalus_fornasini
2. Afrixalus fornasini on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/56063/3034378

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