Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Familia: Hyperoliidae
Genus: Callixalus
Species: C. pictus
Name
Callixalus Laurent, 1950
Type species: Callixalus pictus Laurent, 1950
References
Laurent, 1950, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 44: 5.
Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Callixalus access date 31 May 2008
Vernacular names
English: African Painted Frogs
Callixalus is a genus frogs in the family Hyperoliidae.[2] It is monotypic, being represented by a single species, Callixalus pictus.[3][4] It is found in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (including the Itombwe Mountains) and western Rwanda. It is sometimes known as the African painted frog.[2]
Description
Males grow to 37 mm (1.5 in) and females 43 mm (1.7 in) in snout–vent length. Dorsum is warty and chocolate brown to almost black and has many small orange or golden spots. There is no vocal sac; the males appear to be mute.[5]
Habitat and conservation
The natural habitats of Callixalus pictus are high-altitude forests, especially bamboo forests, above 2,100 m (6,900 ft) asl but more commonly only above 2,400 m (7,900 ft). During the day time they hide in broken bamboo stumps or between the bark and the moss covering tree trunks.[1][5]
Callixalus pictus is threatened by habitat loss caused by agriculture, livestock farming, wood extraction, and expanding human settlements.[1]
References
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Callixalus pictus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T56091A16937397. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T56091A16937397.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Callixalus pictus Laurent, 1950". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Callixalus Laurent, 1950". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
"Hyperoliidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2015. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
"Callixalus pictus". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
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