| Taxon | Arthroleptella |
|---|---|
| Authority | Hewitt, 1926 |
| Subdivision ranks | Species |
| Subdivision | See text |
Arthroleptella is a genus of frogs known as moss frogs in the family Pyxicephalidae. The ten species of this genus are endemic to South Africa.
It contains the following species:[1]
- Arthroleptella atermina Turner and Channing, 2017 - Riviersonderent moss frog
- Arthroleptella bicolor Hewitt, 1926 – Bainskloof moss frog
- Arthroleptella draconella Turner and Channing, 2017 – Drakenstein moss frog
- Arthroleptella drewesii Channing, Hendricks and Dawood, 1994 – Drewes' moss frog
- Arthroleptella kogelbergensis Turner and Channing, 2017 – Kogelsberg moss frog
- Arthroleptella landdrosia Dawood and Channing, 2000 – Landdros moss frog
- Arthroleptella lightfooti (Boulenger, 1910) – Lightfoot's moss frog
- Arthroleptella rugosa Turner and Channing, 2008 – Rough moss frog
- Arthroleptella subvoce Turner, de Villiers, Dawood and Channing, 2004 – Northern moss frog
- Arthroleptella villiersi Hewitt, 1935 – De Villiers' moss frog
Two other species were formerly classified as Arthroleptella before recently found to belong to the formerly monotypic genus Anhydrophryne (Dawood and Stam 2006):[2][3]
- Arthroleptella hewitti → Anhydrophryne hewitti (FitzSimons, 1947) – Hewitt's moss frog
- Arthroleptella ngongoniensis → Anhydrophryne ngongoniensis (Bishop and Passmore, 1993) – Ngoni moss frog
References
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Arthroleptella Hewitt, 1926". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Anhydrophryne hewitti". Vol. 2013. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T58059A3064127.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. & South African Frog Re-assessment Group (2016). "Anhydrophryne ngongoniensis". Vol. 2016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T58062A77157706.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.