Chrotogonus senegalensis is a species of grasshopper in the family Pyrgomorphidae. It is found in the Sahel of Africa and in Central Africa.[1][2]
| Chrotogonus senegalensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Pyrgomorphidae |
| Tribe: | Chrotogonini |
| Genus: | Chrotogonus |
| Species: | C. senegalensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Chrotogonus senegalensis Krauss, 1877
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It is also found in the Dogon Country of Mali, where the Dogon people refer to it as a "small toad grasshopper".[3]
References
edit- ^ "Chrotogonus senegalensis". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2020). "species Chrotogonus senegalensis (Walker, 1870)". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
- ^ Heath, Jeffrey. "Guide to insects, arthropods, and molluscs of northern Dogon country".
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