Afrixalus

Afrixalus, commonly known as the banana frogs, spiny reed frogs, cat's eye reed frogs, or leaf-folding frogs, is a genus of frog in the family Hyperoliidae.^[1][2] They occur in the Subsaharan Africa.^[1] They lay their eggs in vegetation above water, often folding leaves around the eggs for protection—hence the common name "leaf-folding frogs".^[3]

Afrixalus
Afrixalus fornasini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hyperoliidae
Genus:	Afrixalus Laurent, 1944
Type species
Euchnemis fornasinii Bianconi, 1849 "1848"
Species
About 35 (see text)
Synonyms[1]
Laurentixalus Amiet, 2012

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Afrixalus :^[1]

• Afrixalus "quadrivittatus" Pickersgill, 2007
• Afrixalus aureus Pickersgill, 1984
• Afrixalus brachycnemis (Boulenger, 1896)
• Afrixalus clarkei Largen, 1974
• Afrixalus crotalus Pickersgill, 1984
• Afrixalus delicatus Pickersgill, 1984
• Afrixalus dorsalis (Peters, 1875)
• Afrixalus dorsimaculatus (Ahl, 1930)
• Afrixalus enseticola Largen, 1974
• Afrixalus equatorialis (Laurent, 1941)
• Afrixalus fornasini (Bianconi, 1849)
• Afrixalus fulvovittatus (Cope, 1861)
• Afrixalus knysnae (Loveridge, 1954)
• Afrixalus lacteus Perret, 1976
• Afrixalus laevis (Ahl, 1930)
• Afrixalus leucostictus Laurent, 1950
• Afrixalus lindholmi (Andersson, 1907)
• Afrixalus manengubensis Amiet, 2009
• Afrixalus morerei Dubois, 1986
• Afrixalus nigeriensis Schiøtz, 1963
• Afrixalus orophilus (Laurent, 1947)
• Afrixalus osorioi (Ferreira, 1906)
• Afrixalus paradorsalis Perret, 1960
• Afrixalus quadrivittatus (Werner, 1908)
• Afrixalus schneideri (Boettger, 1889)
• Afrixalus septentrionalis Schiøtz, 1974
• Afrixalus spinifrons (Cope, 1862)
• Afrixalus stuhlmanni (Pfeffer, 1893)
• Afrixalus sylvaticus Schiøtz, 1974
• Afrixalus uluguruensis (Barbour and Loveridge, 1928)
• Afrixalus upembae (Laurent, 1941)
• Afrixalus vibekensis Schiøtz, 1967
• Afrixalus vittiger (Peters, 1876)
• Afrixalus weidholzi (Mertens, 1938)
• Afrixalus wittei (Laurent, 1941)

The AmphibiaWeb lists 31 species. It does not include Afrixalus "quadrivittatus", and does not recognize Afrixalus brachycnemis as a full species.^[1]