Astylosternus | |
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Astylosternus batesi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Arthroleptidae |
Subfamily: | Astylosterninae |
Genus: | Astylosternus Werner, 1898 |
Type species | |
Astylosternus diadematus Werner, 1898
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Diversity | |
12 species (see text) | |
Synonyms | |
Gampsosteonyx Boulenger, 1900 |
Astylosternus (commonly known as night frogs) is a genus of frogs in the family Arthroleptidae. It contains 12 species found in an area spanning from Sierra Leone in West Africa to the Democratic Republic of Congo in Central Africa, with a gap in the region of Ghana.[1]