Afrixalus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Batrachomorpha
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Superordo: Batrachia
Cladus: Salientia
Ordo: Anura

Familia: Hyperoliidae
Subfamilia: Hyperoliinae
Genus: Afrixalus
Species: A. aureus – A. clarkei – A. delicatus – A. dorsalis – A. dorsimaculatus – A. enseticola – A. equatorialis – A. fornasini – A. fulvovittatus – A. knysnae – A. lacteus – A. laevis – A. leucostictus – A. lindholmi – A. morerei – A. nigeriensis – A. orophilus – A. osorioi – A. paradorsalis – A. quadrivittatus – A. schneideri – A. spinifrons – A. stuhlmanni – A. uluguruensis – A. upembae – A. vibekensis – A. vittiger – A. weidholzi – A. wittei
Name

Afrixalus Laurent, 1944

Type species: Euchnemis fornasinii Bianconi, 1849
References

Laurent, 1944, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 38: 111.
Guibé, 1948, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 2, 20: 500
Mertens, J., Jocqué, M., Geeraert, L. & de Beerhouwer, M. 2016. Newly discovered populations of the Ethiopian endemic and endangered Afrixalus clarkei Largen, implications for conservation. ZooKeys 565: 141–146. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.565.7114.Reference page.

Links

Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Afrixalus access date 31 May 2008

Vernacular names
English: Banana Frogs

Afrixalus, commonly known as the banana frogs, spiny reed frogs, cat's eye reed frogs, or leaf-folding frogs, is a genus of frog in the family Hyperoliidae.[1][2] They occur in the Subsaharan Africa.[1] They lay their eggs in vegetation above water, often folding leaves around the eggs for protection—hence the common name "leaf-folding frogs".[3]
Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Afrixalus :[1]

Afrixalus "quadrivittatus" Pickersgill, 2007
Afrixalus aureus Pickersgill, 1984
Afrixalus brachycnemis (Boulenger, 1896)
Afrixalus clarkei Largen, 1974
Afrixalus crotalus Pickersgill, 1984
Afrixalus delicatus Pickersgill, 1984
Afrixalus dorsalis (Peters, 1875)
Afrixalus dorsimaculatus (Ahl, 1930)
Afrixalus enseticola Largen, 1974
Afrixalus equatorialis (Laurent, 1941)
Afrixalus fornasini (Bianconi, 1849)
Afrixalus fulvovittatus (Cope, 1861)
Afrixalus knysnae (Loveridge, 1954)
Afrixalus lacteus Perret, 1976
Afrixalus laevis (Ahl, 1930)
Afrixalus leucostictus Laurent, 1950
Afrixalus lindholmi (Andersson, 1907)
Afrixalus manengubensis Amiet, 2009
Afrixalus morerei Dubois, 1986
Afrixalus nigeriensis Schiøtz, 1963
Afrixalus orophilus (Laurent, 1947)
Afrixalus osorioi (Ferreira, 1906)
Afrixalus paradorsalis Perret, 1960
Afrixalus quadrivittatus (Werner, 1908)
Afrixalus schneideri (Boettger, 1889)
Afrixalus septentrionalis Schiøtz, 1974
Afrixalus spinifrons (Cope, 1862)
Afrixalus stuhlmanni (Pfeffer, 1893)
Afrixalus sylvaticus Schiøtz, 1974
Afrixalus uluguruensis (Barbour and Loveridge, 1928)
Afrixalus upembae (Laurent, 1941)
Afrixalus vibekensis Schiøtz, 1967
Afrixalus vittiger (Peters, 1876)
Afrixalus weidholzi (Mertens, 1938)
Afrixalus wittei (Laurent, 1941)

The AmphibiaWeb lists 31 species. It does not include Afrixalus "quadrivittatus", and does not recognize Afrixalus brachycnemis as a full species.[1]
References

Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Afrixalus Laurent, 1944". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
"Hyperoliidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
Wells, Kentwood D. (2010). The Ecology and Behavior of Amphibians. University of Chicago Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-226-89333-4.