| Guinea snout-burrower | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hemisotidae |
| Genus: | Hemisus |
| Species: | H. guineensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemisus guineensis Cope, 1865 | |
The Guinea snout-burrower (Hemisus guineensis), or Guinea shovelnose frog, is a species of frog in the family Hemisotidae found in sub-Saharan Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, heavily degraded former forests, ponds, and canals and ditches.
References
- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Hemisus guineensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T55279A3027158. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T55279A3027158.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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