Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis (Schneider, 1799)

Jablonski, Daniel, Regan, John M., Holzheuser, Chace, Farooqi, Javeed, Basit, Abdul & Masroor, Rafaqat, 2019, Additional data to the herpetofauna of Afghanistan, Herpetozoa 32, pp. 177-193 : 177

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.32.e38171

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

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scientific name

Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis (Schneider, 1799)
status

 

Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis (Schneider, 1799)

Distribution in Afghanistan.

According to Wagner et al. (2016), this species is known from three isolated regions: first follows the valleys of Kabul and Kaitu Rivers in the east, second from Helmand River in the south and third from the area between the Khash and Farah Rud rivers in the south-west (provinces Farah, Helmand, Khost, Laghman, Nangarhar; Fig. 2 View Figure 2 ).

Our records

( Fig. 2 View Figure 2 ). Kandahar, Air Base, Kandahar (17 May 2009), several dozen juveniles, subadult and adult individuals ( Fig. 4A View Figure 4 ), grouped in large numbers in the artificial pond near the runway in semi-desert area ( Fig. 10A View Figure 10 ).

Remarks.

Distribution of this species in Afghanistan is restricted to the aforementioned river valleys or oasis and the surrounding vicinity and represents the species’ northern distribution. Our record is the first for Kandahar Province and represents a new locality of the species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Dicroglossidae

Genus

Euphlyctis