Guinea snout-burrower

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The Guinea snout-burrower (Hemisus guineensis), or Guinea shovelnose frog, is a species of frog in the family Hemisotidae found in sub-Saharan Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, heavily degraded former forests, ponds, and canals and ditches.

Guinea snout-burrower
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hemisotidae
Genus: Hemisus
Species:
H. guineensis
Binomial name
Hemisus guineensis
Cope, 1865

References

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  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Hemisus guineensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T55279A3027158. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T55279A3027158.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.