Amietia wittei (Angel, 1924) - kingdom Animalia - phylum
Chordata - class Amphibia - order Anura - family Pyxicephalidae
Bonaparte, 1850 - Sub-Family Cacosterninae Noble, 1931 - genus
Amietia Dubois, 1987 Original Published Description: Amietia
wittei is found chiefly in the Kenyan central highlands along
the Mau Escarpment, in the Aberdare Mountains, on Mount Kenya
and within the Charangani Hills. The anuran has also been
observed on Mount Meru in northern Tanzania. The Molo Frog is
found only in the Kenyan central highlands and northern Tanzania
in the East African montane moorlands ecoregion, and slightly
lower in elevation in the East African montane forests ecoregion
(Hogan, 2013). Habitat and Ecology A. wittei is found in montane
moorlands and grasslands in the lower elevations of the East
African montane moorlands ecoregion and in the upper elevations
of the East African montane forests ecoregion (Hogan, 2013). The
species habitat is in a climate of extreme temperature and solar
insolation variations,