Arthroleptella

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: Pyxicephalidae
Subfamilia: Cacosterninae
Genus: Arthroleptella
Species: A. bicolor – A. drewesii – A. landdrosia – A. lightfooti – A. ngongoniensis – A. subvoce – A. villiersi
Name

Arthroleptella Hewitt, 1926

Type species: Arthroleptis lightfooti Boulenger, 1910
References

Hewitt, 1926, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., 20: 426.
Laurent, 1941, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 34: 208
Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Arthroleptella access date 27 June 2008

Vernacular names
English: Moss Frogs

Arthroleptella is a genus of frogs known as moss frogs in the family Pyxicephalidae. The ten species of this genus are endemic to South Africa.

It contains the following species:[1]

Arthroleptella atermina Turner and Channing, 2017 - Riviersonderent moss frog
Arthroleptella bicolor Hewitt, 1926 – Bainskloof moss frog
Arthroleptella draconella Turner and Channing, 2017 – Drakenstein moss frog
Arthroleptella drewesii Channing, Hendricks and Dawood, 1994 – Drewes' moss frog
Arthroleptella kogelbergensis Turner and Channing, 2017 – Kogelsberg moss frog
Arthroleptella landdrosia Dawood and Channing, 2000 – Landdros moss frog
Arthroleptella lightfooti (Boulenger, 1910) – Lightfoot's moss frog
Arthroleptella rugosa Turner and Channing, 2008 – Rough moss frog
Arthroleptella subvoce Turner, de Villiers, Dawood and Channing, 2004 – Northern moss frog
Arthroleptella villiersi Hewitt, 1935 – De Villiers' moss frog

Two other species were formerly classified as Arthroleptella before recently found to belong to the formerly monotypic genus Anhydrophryne (Dawood and Stam 2006):[2][3]

Arthroleptella hewitti → Anhydrophryne hewitti (FitzSimons, 1947) – Hewitt's moss frog
Arthroleptella ngongoniensis → Anhydrophryne ngongoniensis (Bishop and Passmore, 1993) – Ngoni moss frog

References

Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Arthroleptella Hewitt, 1926". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Anhydrophryne hewitti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T58059A3064127. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T58059A3064127.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group.; South African Frog Re-assessment Group; et al. (SA-FRoG) (2016). "Anhydrophryne ngongoniensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T58062A77157706. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T58062A77157706.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.