Breviceps pentheri, the thicket rain frog, is a species of frogs found in South Africa and Eswatini, Mozambique, Botswana, and Namibia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Brevicipitidae |
| Genus: | Breviceps |
| Species: | B. pentheri
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| Breviceps pentheri Werner, 1899
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Distribution
editBreviceps pentheri occurs in the northern part of the southern African range. It prefers to dwell near shrubland.[2]
Classification
editBreviceps pentheri has in the past been confused with Breviceps adspersus and listed as a synonym or subspecies of Breviceps adspersus but a study found that the frog was more closely related to the whistling rain frog and Bilbo's rain frog than Breviceps adspersus and it is now considered a different species entirely.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Breviceps pentheri Werner, 1899 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
- ^ "Thicket Rain Frog (Breviceps pentheri)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ^ "Breviceps pentheri Werner, 1899 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
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