Английская Википедия:Callixalus

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Callixalus is a genus frogs in the family Hyperoliidae.[1] It is monotypic, being represented by a single species, Callixalus pictus.[2][3] It is found in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (including the Itombwe Mountains) and western Rwanda. It is sometimes known as the African painted frog.[1]

Description

Males grow to Шаблон:Convert and females Шаблон:Convert in snout–vent length. Dorsum is warty and chocolate brown to almost black and has many small orange or golden spots. There is no vocal sac; the males appear to be mute.[4]

Habitat and conservation

The natural habitats of Callixalus pictus are high-altitude forests, especially bamboo forests, above Шаблон:Convert asl but more commonly only above Шаблон:Convert. During the day time they hide in broken bamboo stumps or between the bark and the moss covering tree trunks.[5][4]

Callixalus pictus is threatened by habitat loss caused by agriculture, livestock farming, wood extraction, and expanding human settlements.[5]

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