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	Conservation Status (definitions)
IUCN (Red List) Status	Least Concern (LC) See threat category on Global Amphibian Assessment web site.
CITES	No CITES Listing
Other International Status	None
National Status	None
Regional Status	None

Description
A slender, small Afrixalus (males 19–24 mm, females 21–26 mm) from the savanna in southern Africa, with fine, dense asperities over the entire upper surfaces and in the gular region in males, confined to the head in females. The gular disc is large, squarish to semitriangular, and weakly granular. Bright golden yellow above with a brown lateral band with light speckles. Often a pair of lumbar patches which continues the broad, oblique tibial markings when legs are at rest. Sometimes a weak vertebral line and a broad, poorly defined triangular headspot. Pickersgill (2007) has divided this species into two subspecies of which the above description refers to the nominate form (Afrixalus aureus aureus). The subspecies A. a. crotalus has reduced asperities and different tibial markings and shows a great geographical variation in pattern, including completely unmarked specimens apart from the lateral band and tibial markings. Tibia with an oblique transverse patch across only part of the exposed surface.

Distribution and Habitat

Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland

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A savanna form, with the subspecies A. a. aureus occurring in Eastern Zimbabwe and Mozambique, and the subspecies A. a. crotalus found in eastern South Africa.

Life History, Abundance, Activity, and Special Behaviors
The voice is a series of clicks, about 13-17 per second.

Eggs are white and deposited in a folded, glued leaf above the water.

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References
 

Pickersgill, M. (2007). Frog Search: Results of Expeditions to Southern and Eastern Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main

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