Hyperolius fusciventris

Taxobox
name = Hyperolius fusciventris


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Hyperoliidae
genus = "Hyperolius"
species = "H. fusciventris"
binomial = "Hyperolius fusciventris"
binomial_authority = Peters, 1876
synonyms =

"Hyperolius fusciventris" is a nocturnal species of frog in the Hyperoliidae family.It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, and ponds.It is threatened by habitat loss. A social animal best kept with their own kind in captivity. Their diet consists of any invertebrate half their size.

The subspecies "Hyperolius fusciventris burtoni" is known as the lime reed frog. This frog is a silent species.

References

* Schiøtz, A., Rödel, M.-O. & Amiet, J.-L. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/56137/all Hyperolius fusciventris] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 22 July 2007.