Common reed frog
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phylum | Chordata | The common reed frog (Hyperolius viridiflavus) is a species of tree frogs in the Hyperoliidae family found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda, and possibly the Central African Republic, Chad, and Eritrea. These west African frogs have been known to spontaneously change sex from female to male.[2] This likely occurs when the population does not have enough males to allow procreation and is accomplished when a chemical trigger activates the sex gene to disintegrate the female organs and develop the male ones.
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class | Amphibia | |
order | Anura | |
family | Hyperoliidae | |
genus | Hyperolius | |
species | H. viridiflavus |