Lightfoot's moss frog

Lightfoot's moss frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pyxicephalidae
Subfamily: Cacosterninae
Genus: Arthroleptella
Species: A. lightfooti
Binomial name
Arthroleptella lightfooti
(Boulenger, 1910)

The Lightfoot's moss frog or Cape Peninsula moss frog (Arthroleptella lightfooti) is a species of frog in the Pyxicephalidae family. It is endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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