Amietia wittei

Amietia wittei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pyxicephalidae
Subfamily: Cacosterninae
Genus: Amietia
Species: A. wittei
Binomial name
Amietia wittei
(Angel, 1924)
Synonyms

Afrana wittei

Amietia wittei (common name: Molo frog) is a species of frog in the Pyxicephalidae family. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its type locality is in Molo, Kenya, located near the top of the Mau Escarpment.[2] It is a common species associated with montane grasslands, perhaps forests, and also found in a town.[1] It is found in the Kenyan central highlands and northern Tanzania in the East African montane moorlands and the East African montane forests ecoregions.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Stefan Lötters; Robert Drewes; Martin Pickersgill (2004). "Amietia wittei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Amietia wittei (Angel, 1924)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  3. C.Michael Hogan (2013). East African montane moorlands. Encyclopedia of Earth. ed. M. McGinley. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC.


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