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Natal sand frog

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Natal sand frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pyxicephalidae
Genus: Tomopterna
Species:
T. natalensis
Binomial name
Tomopterna natalensis
(Smith, 1849)

The Natal sand frog (Tomopterna natalensis) is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is found in Mozambique, South Africa, and Eswatini, and possibly Botswana, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, and ponds.

References

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  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Tomopterna natalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T58779A3074252. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T58779A3074252.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.