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Breviceps pentheri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Brevicipitidae
Genus:	Breviceps
Species:	B. pentheri
Binomial name
Breviceps pentheri Werner, 1899

Breviceps pentheri, the thicket rain frog, is a species of frogs found in South Africa and Eswatini, Mozambique, Botswana, and Namibia.

Distribution

Breviceps pentheri occurs in the northern part of the southern African range. It prefers to dwell near shrubland.

Classification

Breviceps pentheri has in the past been confused with Breviceps adspersus and listed as a synonym or subspecies of Breviceps adspersus but a study found that the frog was more closely related to the whistling rain frog and Bilbo's rain frog than Breviceps adspersus and it is now considered a different species entirely.

References

1. "Breviceps pentheri Werner, 1899 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
2. "Thicket Rain Frog (Breviceps pentheri)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
3. "Breviceps pentheri Werner, 1899 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-04-30.

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