Callixalus

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Genus of amphibians

title: "Callixalus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hyperoliidae", "monotypic-amphibian-genera", "amphibians-described-in-1950", "frogs-of-africa", "amphibians-of-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo", "amphibians-of-rwanda", "taxa-named-by-raymond-laurent", "taxonomy-articles-created-by-polbot"] description: "Genus of amphibians" topic_path: "general/hyperoliidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callixalus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of amphibians ::

| status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = | parent_authority = Laurent, 1950 | taxon = Callixalus pictus | authority = Laurent, 1950

Callixalus is a genus frogs in the family Hyperoliidae. It is found in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (including the Itombwe Mountains) and western Rwanda. It is sometimes known as the African painted frog.

Description

Males grow to 37 mm and females 43 mm in snout–vent length. Dorsum is warty and chocolate brown to almost black and has many small orange or golden spots. There is no vocal sac; the males appear to be mute.

Habitat and conservation

The natural habitats of Callixalus pictus are high-altitude forests, especially bamboo forests, above 2100 m asl but more commonly only above 2400 m. During the day time they hide in broken bamboo stumps or between the bark and the moss covering tree trunks.

Callixalus pictus is threatened by habitat loss caused by agriculture, livestock farming, wood extraction, and expanding human settlements.

References

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2013). "''Callixalus pictus''".
  2. Frost, Darrel R.. (2015). "''Callixalus'' Laurent, 1950". American Museum of Natural History.
  3. (2015). "Hyperoliidae". Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb.
  4. Frost, Darrel R.. (2015). "''Callixalus pictus'' Laurent, 1950". American Museum of Natural History.
  5. (2015). "''Callixalus pictus''". Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb.

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