Breviceps poweri

Breviceps poweri, the Power's rain frog or Power's short-headed frog, is a species of frog in the family Brevicipitidae. It is found in northeastern Angola east through Zambia, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (southern Katanga Province), and Malawi, to western Mozambique and northeastern Zimbabwe;[2] possibly in Namibia.[1]

Breviceps poweri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Brevicipitidae
Genus: Breviceps
Species:
B. poweri
Binomial name
Breviceps poweri
Parker, 1934

Behaviour

Breviceps poweri emerge after rain to feed on ants, termites, and other arthropods; reproduction also occurs during the rainy season. Breviceps poweri males have been observed to start their chorus in the early evening and continue throughout the night. The call is a short, unpulsed whistle, with a slow rise time and a rapid fall time.[3]

Habitat and conservation

Breviceps poweri is a fossorial frog in savanna woodland, shrubland and grassland with sandy soils. Because it breeds by direct development, it is not associated with water. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed it as of "Least Concern": it is locally a very common species that occurs in large areas with little human impact, and is present in many protected areas.[1]

References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Breviceps poweri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T57718A18362273. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Breviceps poweri Parker, 1934". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  3. Minter, Leslie Rory (1999). Aspects of the reproductive biology of Breviceps (Ph.D. thesis). University of the Witwatersrand.


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