The Usambara torrent frog (''Arthroleptides martiensseni''), also known as Martienssen's torrent frog, or Tanzania rocky river frog, is a species of
frog in the family
Petropedetidae endemic to the
Usambara Mountains of Tanzania.
It is one of many, often taxonomically unrelated, frogs referred to as
torrent frog
Torrent frogs are a number of unrelated frogs that prefer to inhabit small rapid-flowing mountain or hill streams with a lot of torrents. They are generally smallish neobatrachians with a greyish-brown and usually darkly mottled back, giving them e ...
s.
These frogs are associated with rocky streams in montane forests. Eggs are laid on rocks close to torrential streams and waterfalls. The
tadpoles remain attached to the rocks, where they develop, not entering the water. It is threatened by
habitat loss.
References
Arthroleptides
Endemic fauna of Tanzania
Amphibians of Tanzania
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Amphibians described in 1911
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