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Cape Riverfrog Complex
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Cape Riverfrog Complex

Amietia fuscigula

The Cape river frog (Amietia fuscigula) is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae named for the Cape of Good Hope. It was formerly placed in the family Ranidae. It occurs widely in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces of South Africa. A newly described species, A. poyntoni, was split from this species in 2013.

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3 branches of this group, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Cape River Frog

speciesAmietia fuscigula

Poynton's River Frog

speciesAmietia poyntoni

Van Dijk's River Frog

speciesAmietia vandijki

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 922252.