Banded rubber frog - Phrynomantis bifasciatus
( Smith, 1847 )

 

 



Subspecies: Unknown
Est. World Population:

CITES Status: Not Listed
IUCN Status: Least Concern
U.S. ESA Status: Not Listed

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Life Span: in the Wild
Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
It is a species of savannah woodland and grassland. It also occurs in agricultural habitats. It breeds in temporary pans and pools, and in flooded grassland and small dams.

Range:
This species ranges from extreme southern Somalia and from Lake Baringo in the Kenyan Rift Valley, south through Tanzania and eastern and southern Democratic Republic of Congo to western Angola, northern Namibia, northern and eastern Botswana, northeastern South Africa and Swaziland. It also occurs on the islands of Zanzibar and Mafia. It occurs from sea level up to at least 50-1,450 m asl.

Conservation:
It occurs in many protected areas.

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