Forest rain frogs can range in colour from red, orange, yellow, green, and purple. They can also vary in size from a mere 2 cm and grow to be about 10 cm in body length. The purple frogs are known to contain a defence mechanism consisting of a toxic chemical on their slimy exterior. If contact is made with this toxin the temporary effect of paralysis can occur.[citation needed]
Breviceps sylvestris taeniatus is a subspecies of the forest rain frog and is found near Soutpansberg. It is separated from the main species by uninhabitable terrain.[4]
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^ abIUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group.; South African Frog Re-assessment Group; et al. (SA-FRoG) (2016). "Breviceps sylvestris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T57721A77162960. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T57721A77162960.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Breviceps sylvestris FitzSimons, 1930". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
forest, rain, frog, confused, with, rainforest, frog, forest, rain, frog, breviceps, sylvestris, species, frog, family, brevicipitidae, endemic, limpopo, south, africa, allopatric, subspecies, recognized, nominate, breviceps, sylvestris, sylvestris, breviceps,. Not to be confused with Rainforest frog The forest rain frog Breviceps sylvestris is a species of frog in the family Brevicipitidae It is endemic to Limpopo South Africa Two allopatric subspecies are recognized the nominate one Breviceps sylvestris sylvestris and Breviceps sylvestris taeniatus Poynton 1963 from near Soutpansberg 2 3 Its natural habitats are temperate forests temperate grassland and rural gardens It is threatened by habitat loss 1 Forest rain frog subsp sylvestris subsp taeniatus Conservation status Near Threatened IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Amphibia Order Anura Family Brevicipitidae Genus Breviceps Species B sylvestris Binomial name Breviceps sylvestrisFitzSimons 1930 Forest rain frogs can range in colour from red orange yellow green and purple They can also vary in size from a mere 2 cm and grow to be about 10 cm in body length The purple frogs are known to contain a defence mechanism consisting of a toxic chemical on their slimy exterior If contact is made with this toxin the temporary effect of paralysis can occur citation needed Breviceps sylvestris taeniatus is a subspecies of the forest rain frog and is found near Soutpansberg It is separated from the main species by uninhabitable terrain 4 References edit a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group South African Frog Re assessment Group et al SA FRoG 2016 Breviceps sylvestris IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016 e T57721A77162960 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2016 3 RLTS T57721A77162960 en Retrieved 17 November 2021 AmphibiaWeb Breviceps sylvestris amphibiaweb org Retrieved 2022 06 07 Frost Darrel R 2014 Breviceps sylvestris FitzSimons 1930 Amphibian Species of the World an Online Reference Version 6 0 American Museum of Natural History Retrieved 19 October 2014 AmphibiaWeb Breviceps sylvestris amphibiaweb org Retrieved 2022 06 07 nbsp This Neobatrachia related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Forest rain frog amp oldid 1133676010, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
