Ethiopian snout-burrower

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Ethiopian snout-burrower

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hemisotidae
Genus: Hemisus
Species:
H. microscaphus
Binomial name
Hemisus microscaphus
Laurent, 1972

The Ethiopian snout-burrower (Hemisus microscaphus), also known as the Lake Zwai snout-burrower or Lake Zwai shovelnose frog, is a species of

Hemisotidae, endemic
to Ethiopia.

Its natural

springs
, and heavily degraded former forests. It is threatened by
habitat loss
.

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