| Afrixalus upembae | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hyperoliidae |
| Genus: | Afrixalus |
| Species: | A. upembae |
| Binomial name | |
| Afrixalus upembae (Laurent, 1941) | |
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Afrixalus upembae is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae. It is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is known from the lower Katanga Province (=Shaba Province), although its true distribution might be wider; possibly reaching eastern Angola. It belongs to the taxonomically unresolved "Afrixalus quadrivittatus complex", and it is not even clear that it is a valid species.
Description
The body is relatively elongate. The dorsum is dark brown and has three light stripes that merge on the snout. The brown dorsal bands have diffuse borders.
Habitat and conservation
Afrixalus upembae lives in moist savanna and probably breeds in small pools. The type series consists more of one thousand specimens, suggesting it is an abundant species. However, the type series does not contain any mature males, possibly because juveniles and females might use different daytime hiding places than males.
Major threats to this species are unknown, as is its recent population status. It can be found in Upemba National Park.
class=notpageimage| The eponymous Lake Upemba is the type locality of Afrixalus upembae
References
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2014). "Afrixalus upembae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T56082A18371811. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T56082A18371811.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Afrixalus upembae (Laurent, 1941)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Afrixalus upembae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2008. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Afrixalus upembae (Laurent, 1941)". African Amphibians. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ Perret, J.-L. (1976). "Identité de quelques Afrixalus (Amphibia, Salientia, Hyperoliidae)". Bulletin de la Société Neuchâteloise des Sciences Naturelles. 99: 19–28.
- Pickersgill, Martin (2007). "A redefinition of Afrixalus fulvovittatus (Cope, 1860) and Afrixalus vittiger (Peters, 1876) (Amphibia, Anura Hyperoliidae)". African Journal of Herpetology. 56 (1): 23–37. Bibcode:2007AfJH...56...23P. doi:10.1080/21564574.2007.9635551.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Afrixalus upembae | |