Rose's Rain Frog

Taxobox
name = Rose's Rain Frog


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Microhylidae
genus = "Breviceps"
species = "B. rosei"
binomial = "Breviceps rosei"
binomial_authority = Power, 1926
synonyms =

Rose's Rain Frog [Channing, Alan. 2001. Amphibians of Central South Africa: pg. 224] or Rose's Rainfrog [Van Dijk, 1978, J. Herpetologist Association of Africa, 17: pg. 15] ("Breviceps rosei") is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family.It is endemic to the sandveld of south-western coastal South Africa.Frost, Darrel. [http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/references.php?id=4383 Breviceps rosei] , Amphibian Species of the World 5.0, The American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved July 23, 2007.] It is less-frequently known as Rose's Short-headed Frog [Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 88] , Rose's Blaasop [Rose, 1950, Rep. Amph. S. Afr.: 93] , or the Sand Rain Frog [Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 4; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 96] . Some consider "Breviceps fasciatus" as synonym of this species [Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 77.] , although other authorities have expressed doubt.Harrison, J., Minter, L. & Channing, A. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/57719/all Breviceps rosei] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.] Downloaded on 23 July 2007.]

Frogs in this species spend most of their lives in subterranean nests under sandy ground, where they lay their eggs. They surface during heavy rain. They cannot swim, and are not found in water. Tadpoles develop inside the eggs and hatch as fully-formed baby frogs. [Channing, Alan. University of the Western Cape. Reproduced in [http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/envfacts/fynbos/fynbos_frogs.htm Fynbos Frogs] . Retrieved July 23, 2007.]

Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, sandy shores, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, and urban areas. It is threatened by habitat loss, and its range it restricted to less than 20,000 square kilometers. Despite this, its future seems secure, as it is very adaptable and remains locally abundant.It has two subspecies: "Breviceps r. rosei" and "Breviceps r. vansoni", occurring on separate coasts. [http://www.amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?query_src=aw_lists_genera_&where-genus=Breviceps&where-species=rosei&rel-genus=equals&rel-species=equals Breviceps rosei] , Amphibiaweb, retrieved July 23, 2007.]

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