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Afrixalus

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| image = Afrixalus fornasini.jpg

| image_caption = Afrixalus fornasini

| taxon = Afrixalus

| authority = Laurent, 1944

| type_species = Euchnemis fornasinii

| type_species_authority = Bianconi, 1849 "1848"

| synonyms = * Laurentixalus Amiet, 2012

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| subdivision = About 35 (see text)

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Afrixalus, commonly known as the banana frogs, spiny reed frogs, cat's eye reed frogs, or leaf-folding frogs, is a genus of frog in the family Hyperoliidae. They occur in the Subsaharan Africa. They lay their eggs in vegetation above water, often folding leaves around the eggs for protection—hence the common name "leaf-folding frogs".

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Afrixalus :

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The AmphibiaWeb lists 31 species. It does not include Afrixalus "quadrivittatus", and does not recognize Afrixalus brachycnemis as a full species.

References

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{{cite web |url=http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Hyperoliidae.shtml|title=Hyperoliidae |year=2017 |work=AmphibiaWeb |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |access-date=9 July 2017}}

{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Afrixalus |title=Afrixalus Laurent, 1944 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2017 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=9 July 2017}}

{{cite book |last=Wells |first=Kentwood D. |title=The Ecology and Behavior of Amphibians |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eDKEKy5JJbIC&pg=PA27 |year=2010 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-89333-4 |page=27}}

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Category:Hyperoliidae

Category:Amphibian genera

Category:Amphibians of Sub-Saharan Africa

Category:Taxa named by Raymond Laurent

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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