Summary ¹

The Hogsback frog or Rattray's forest frog (Anhydrophryne rattrayi) is a species of frog in the Pyxicephalidae or Petropedetidae family. It is one of three species within the genus Anhydrophryne. It is endemic to South Africa.

Range description ²

This species is known only from the Amotola, Katberg and Keiskammahoek Mountains in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. There is a record from near Patensie, some 200km south-west of the main range, but it has not been found in this area since it was discovered in 1961. It occurs above 1,100m asl.

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2. (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/34301354

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• AMNH Amphibian Species of the World
• AmphibiaWeb
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HerpMapper
• VertNet

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