Exploration into the hidden world of Mozambique's sky island forests: new discoveries of reptiles and amphibians
Author
Conradie, Werner
Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld), P. O. Box 13147, Humewood 6013, South Africa & South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, P / Bag 1015, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa
werner@bayworld.co.za
Author
Bittencourt-Silva, Gabriela B.
University of Basel, Biogeography Research Group, Department of Environmental Sciences, Basel 4056, Switzerland
Author
Engelbrecht, Hanlie M.
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X 7, Claremont, 7735, South Africa & Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland 7602, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Author
Loader, Simon P.
University of Roehampton, Department of Life Sciences, London, SW 15 4 JD, United Kingdom
Author
Menegon, Michele
MUSE, Museo delle Scienze, Viale del Lavoro e delle Scienza, 3 Trento 38122, Italy
Author
Nanvonamuquitxo, Cristovao
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Lurio University, Pemba, 958, Mozambique
Author
Scott, Michael
Khangela Safaris, www. khangelasafaris. com, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Author
Tolley, Krystal A.
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X 7, Claremont, 7735, South Africa & Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland 7602, Stellenbosch, South Africa
text
Zoosystematics and Evolution
2016
2016-09-26
92
2
163
180
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.92.9948
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.92.9948
1860-0743-2-163
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Hyperolius marmoratus albofasciatus (Hoffman, 1944)
Material
Mt. Namuli
(PEM
A11311
, male,
27.8 mm
SUL; PEM
A11312
, female,
26.5 mm
SUL; PEM
A11313
, female,
33.6 mm
SUL; PEM
A11349
, juvenile,
15.8 mm
SUL; PEM
A11350
, juvenile,
18.8 mm
SUL; PEM
A11354
, male,
30.6 mm
SUL; PEM
A11355
, male,
33.7 mm
SUL; PEM
A11356
, male,
34.2 mm
SUL; PEM
A11360
, juvenile,
26.2 mm
SUL)
.
Comments
Found to be abundant on the grassland of the Muretha Plateau at Mt. Namuli. Males were found calling from very low vegetation close to water level. Adult males and females exhibit the same dorsal pattern indicating no sexual dichromatism. The
Hyperolius marmoratus
group consists of many regional colour patterns and this population conforms to that of
Hyperolius marmoratus albofasciatus
(
Schiotz
1999
). We believe that the two juvenile
Hyperolius marmoratus
reported from Mt. Namuli by
Portik et al. (2013a)
belongs to the same species group.