Kassina mertensi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hyperoliidae |
Genus: | Kassina |
Species: | K. mertensi
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Binomial name | |
Kassina mertensi Laurent, 1952
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Kassina mertensi is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae. It is endemic to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1][2] The specific name mertensi honours Robert Mertens, a German zoologist and herpetologist.[3] Common name Mertens' running frog has been coined for it.[1][2][3]
Kassina mertensi might be conspecific with Kassina maculosa.[2]
Kassina mertensi occurs clearings in rainforest as well as in heavily degraded former forest (farm bush). Threats to it are not known, but it appears to tolerate some habitat modification.[1]