Amietia fuscigula (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Cape river frog (Amietia fuscigula) is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae named for the Cape of Good Hope. Formerly, it was placed in the family Ranidae. It occurs widely in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces of South Africa. A newly described species, A. poyntoni, was split from this species in 2013.
Wikipedia contributors, Cape river frog; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T15:05:49.225297+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Amietia fuscigula (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)
- Name authority
- (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Pyxicephalidae
- Genus
- Amietia
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyPyxicephalidae Bonaparte, 1850
- subfamilyCacosterninae Noble, 1931
- genusAmietia Dubois, 1987
- speciesAmietia fuscigula (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Amietia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Amietia nutti (Boulenger, 1896) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia poyntoni Channing & Baptista, 2013 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia delalandii (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia inyangae (Poynton, 1966) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia vertebralis (Hewitt, 1927) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia wittei (Angel, 1924) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia tenuoplicata (Pickersgill, 2007) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia chapini (Noble, 1924) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia hymenopus (Boulenger, 1920) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia angolensis (Barboza du Bocage, 1866) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia moyerorum Channing, Dehling, Lötters & Ernst, 2016 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia desaegeri (Laurent, 1972) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Rana fuscigula Duméril & Bibron, 1841 Duméril & Bibron, 1841 | synonym |
| Afrana fuscigula (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) | synonym |
| Rana fuscigula fuscigula Duméril & Bibron, 1841 Duméril & Bibron, 1841 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=774945 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:66BVS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.