''Nectophryne'', or African tree toads, is a small
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
true toads with only two species.
They are native to West and Central Africa: Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, northeastern Congo, Bioko and Equatorial Guinea.
[ '' Nectophryne afra'' uses small bodies of water to lay its eggs which are then guarded by the male.]
Species
The genus contains two species.[
]
References
External links
* taxo
''Nectophryne''
at http://www.eol.org
* Taxo
''Nectophryne''
at https://www.itis.gov/index.html
* Taxo
''Nectophryne''
at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm
Amphibians of Sub-Saharan Africa
Amphibian genera
Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
Taxa named by Reinhold Wilhelm Buchholz
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