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''Kassina'' is a genus of hyperoliid frogs, commonly referred to as running frogs. They are found throughout sub-Saharan Africa. They are characterized by preferring a distinctive "walking" with the back legs instead of the more traditional frog-hopping.〔http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/abstract/207/3/399〕 ==Species== There are about 14 recognized species in the genus ''Kassina'': *''Kassina arboricola'' (Perret, 1985) - Ivory Coast running frog *''Kassina cassinoides'' (Boulenger, 1903) - silver running frog *''Kassina cochranae'' (Loveridge, 1941) - Cochran's running frog *''Kassina fusca'' (Schiøtz, 1967) - brown running frog *''Kassina jozani'' (Msuya et al., 2006) *''Kassina kuvangensis'' (Monard, 1937) - Kuvangu running frog *''Kassina lamottei'' (Schiøtz, 1967) - rainforest running frog *''Kassina maculata'' (Duméril, 1853) - red-legged running frog *''Kassina maculifer'' (Ahl, 1924) - Parker's running frog *''Kassina maculosa'' (Sternfeld, 1917) - marbled running frog *''Kassina mertensi'' (Laurent, 1952) - Mertens' running frog *''Kassina schioetzi'' (Rödel, et al., 2002) - Schiøtz's running frog *''Kassina senegalensis'' (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) - Senegal running frog *''Kassina somalica'' (Scortecci, 1932) - Somalian running frog 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kassina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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