Ethiopian Snout-burrower

Taxobox
name = Ethiopian Snout-burrower


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Hemisotidae
genus = "Hemisus"
species = "H. microscaphus"
binomial = "Hemisus microscaphus"
binomial_authority = Laurent, 1972
synonyms = The Ethiopian Snout-burrower or Lake Zwai Snout-burrower ("Hemisus microscaphus") is a species of frog in the Hemisotidae family.It is endemic to Ethiopia.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, and heavily degraded former forest.It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Largen, M. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/55282/all Hemisus microscaphus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 23 July 2007.