Drewes' moss frog

Drewes' moss frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pyxicephalidae
Subfamily: Cacosterninae
Genus: Arthroleptella
Species: A. drewesii
Binomial name
Arthroleptella drewesii
Channing, Hendricks & Dawood, 1994

The Drewes' moss frog (Arthroleptella drewesii) is a species of frog in the Pyxicephalidae family. It is endemic to Fernkloof Nature Reserve in South Africa. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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