Amnirana darlingi

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn | author = IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group | title = Amnirana darlingi | volume= 2013 | page = e.T58195A18406141 | year = 2013 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T58195A18406141.en }}

| taxon = Amnirana darlingi

| authority = (Boulenger, 1902)

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| Rana darlingi | Boulenger, 1902

| Hylarana darlingi | (Boulenger, 1902)

| Amnirana darlingi | (Boulenger, 1902)

| Rana albolabris adiscifera | Schmidt and Inger, 1959 }}

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Amnirana darlingi, commonly known as Darling's golden-backed frog, is a species of frogs in the family Ranidae. It is found in eastern Angola, the Caprivi Strip of Namibia, extreme northern Botswana, extreme southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia (but for the northeast), eastern and northern Zimbabwe, southern Malawi, and west-central Mozambique.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, water storage areas, and ponds.

Conservation

Significant pressures are present from an expanding human population of the region, particularly due to conversion of habitat to agriculture, extraction of river water for human consumption, and widespread slash-and-burn practises. According to C. Michael Hogan: "While the population for H. darlingi may be secure for the present, the threat accretion trends place a significant pressure upon the habitat itself, as well as the fragmentation of habitat."

References

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{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Amnirana/Amnirana-darlingi |title=Amnirana darlingi (Boulenger, 1902) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2019 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=18 January 2019}}

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  • C.Michael Hogan. 2012. [https://archive.today/20130415065127/http://africanamphibians.lifedesks.org/pages/27344 Hylarana darlingi]. African Amphibians Lifedesk. ed. Breda Zimkus

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Category:Frogs of Africa

Category:Amphibians of Angola

Category:Amphibians of Botswana

Category:Amphibians of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Category:Amphibians of Malawi

Category:Amphibians of Mozambique

Category:Amphibians of Namibia

Category:Amphibians of Zambia

Category:Amphibians of Zimbabwe

Category:Amphibians described in 1902

Category:Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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