Amietia johnstoni — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Amphibia/Anura/Pyxicephalidae/Amietia

At a glance

Occurrence records14

Data sources7

Biological traits4

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Amietia johnstoni's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility14 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Amphibian Species of the WorldAMNHamphibian catalog↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources4 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF14 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Johnston's river frog (Amietia johnstoni), or Tshiromo frog, is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is endemic to Malawi. Its natural habitats are tropical moist montane forests, high-altitude grassland, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmphiBIO

Size & morphology1

SVL6.4 cm

Life cycle & reproduction1

Reproductive output1 /year

Habitat & environment1

Habitat aquaticyes

Other traits1

Repro larvalyes

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Amietia johnstoni has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type14 records

Wild obs. + sensor7

Museum / vouchered7

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO52 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 7

7 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor7

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 7 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence7

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Institution	Specimens
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversitylocation not on record	5

1 institutions · 5 of 7 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code