Eastern puddle frog
Phrynobatrachus acridoidesSummary 1
Phrynobatrachus acridoides is a species of frog in the Petropedetidae family. It is found in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and possibly Swaziland, Uganda, and Zambia. 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, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, salt water marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land,...
Etymology 2
This species appears to be named after another frog species, Acris gryllus of North America; the author reports that this species and Phrynobatrachus acrioides are similar in size and proportions. 'Acris' is derived from the Greek 'acr' meaning sharp or cricket and '-oides' meaning like.
Sources and Credits
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrynobatrachus_acridoides
- (c) Zimkus, Breda, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/11493193
