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==Habitat==
''Phlyctimantis maculatus'' is endemic to the tropical and sub-tropical areas of Africa's east coast (Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and SwazilandEswatini).<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=frost/> The frog thrives in varying terrain including shrubland, grassland, savannah, and forest as long as there exists a ready source of fresh water or high humidity. Its natural [[habitat]]s are dry [[savanna]], moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry [[shrubland]], [[subtropical or tropical moist shrubland]], temperate [[grassland]], subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, [[swamp]]s, intermittent freshwater [[lake]]s, freshwater [[marsh]]es, intermittent freshwater marches, [[arable land]], pastureland, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, water storage areas, and [[pond]]s.<ref>{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2013 |title=''Kassina maculata'' |volume=2013 |page=e.T56231A3036083 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T56231A3036083.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref>
Pickersgill, M., Schiøtz, A., Howell, K. & Minter, L. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/56231/all ''Kassina maculata'']. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.] Downloaded on 22 July 2007.</ref>
It is threatened by [[habitat loss]].
[[Category:Amphibians described in 1853]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
[[Category:Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN]] <!-- Phlyctimantis maculatus -->
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