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Arthroleptis stenodactylus |
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Arthroleptis whytei; Abroscaphus stenodactylus stenodactylus; Abroscaphus stenodactylus whytii; Arthroleptis (Arthroleptis) lönnbergi |
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Kihengo Screeching; Common Squeaker; Shovel Footed Squeaker Frog |
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Quite heavily built and relatively short hind limbs. Skin is brown. A black line runs on each side from the snout to the shoulder. There are two black spots near the sacrum. Dark three-lobed dorsal lines are also present. Sometimes there is a light vertebral line. The male has a dark throat and small spines on its back and limbs. Its third finger is elongated. The male is about 30 mm long and the female about 40 mm. The female has a white throat. The toes are unwebbed.
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Forests, savannas. |
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Lives under dead leaves. Terrestrial. Nocturnal. |
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Insects, arthropods, earthworms, snails and other frogs. |
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The female deposits its eggs underground. Each clutch consists of 33 to 80 eggs that are 2mm in diameter.
Direct development: embryos develop inside the eggs and look like small adults when they hatch. |
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Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
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