Pyxicephalidae

 
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2016
2016
Species boundaries and taxonomy of the African river frogs (Amphibia: Pyxicephalidae: Amietia).
A molecular phylogeny of the Afrotropical anuran genus Amietia based on 323 16S sequences indicates that there are 19 species… (More)
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2016
2016
Evolutionary history of the river frog genus Amietia (Anura: Pyxicephalidae) reveals extensive diversification in Central African highlands.
The African river frog genus Amietia is found near rivers and other lentic water sources throughout central, eastern, and… (More)
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2015
2015
The Maluti Mystery revisited: Taxonomy of African River Frogs (Pyxicephalidae, Amietia) on the Drakensberg Mountains in southern Africa.
The taxonomy of two similar frogs from the top of the Drakensberg escarpment, the Maluti River Frog and the Phofung River Frog is… (More)
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2014
2014
Redescription and molecular diagnosis of Hepatozoon theileri (Laveran, 1905) (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae), infecting Amietia quecketti (Anura: Pyxicephalidae).
Blood smears prepared from the peripheral blood of 20 wild caught Amietia quecketti (Boulenger) from the North-West University… (More)
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2014
2014
The King of the Dwarves: a new cryptic species of Dainty Frog (Anura: Pyxicephalidae: Cacosternum) from the eastern Great Escarpment of South Africa.
Phylogenetic reconstruction using the mitochondrial 16S marker shows the presence of a cryptic species of Cacosternum (Anura… (More)
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2013
2013
A molecular phylogeny of African Dainty Frogs, with the description of four new species (Anura: Pyxicephalidae: Cacosternum).
We examined specimens from all eleven described species of African Dainty Frogs, Cacosternum. Advertisement calls, 16S and tyr… (More)
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2013
2013
Amietia angolensis and A. fuscigula (Anura: Pyxicephalidae) in southern Africa: a cold case reheated.
A study combining DNA sequences of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene, advertisement calls and morphology of some southern African… (More)
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2013
2013
Identification of sand frogs (Anura: Pyxicephalidae: Tomopterna) from Kenya with the description of two new species.
African sand frogs in the genus Tomopterna presently include 13 species. These are known to be highly cryptic and morphologically… (More)
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2011
2011
Multi-locus phylogeny and evolution of reproductive modes in the Pyxicephalidae, an African endemic clade of frogs
*The ranoid family Pyxicephalidae is an endemic group of African frogs, with the majority of its diversity concentrated in South… (More)
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2010
2010
Notes on the diet of recently metamorphosed Giant African Bullfrogs (Anura: Pyxicephalidae: Pyxicephalus adspersus) and growth increase during the first nine months in a semi-natural habitat
is widely-distributed in Southern and Eastern Africa (Channing, 2001; Channing and Howell, 2006), and its conservation status is… (More)
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