Colour patterns to sequences: a perspective on the systematics of the Hyperolius viridiflavus group (Anura: Hyperoliidae) using mitochondrial DNA
Author
Channing, Alan
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-05-11
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journal article
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Hyperolius tuberculatus
(Mocquard, 1897)
Rappia tuberculata
Mocquard, 1897
. MNHNP 96.570 “Lambaréné”,
Gabon
(
Table 3
). Back and exposed parts of limbs light reddish-brown back with many fine tubercles. A brown stripe is sometimes present from the eye to the snout tip. Another mark of the same colour reaches the eye from the top of the head, while another starts at the lower edge of the eye, running obliquely to the angle of the jaw.
This clade consists of 30 sequences from
Gabon
, Bioko Island (
Equatorial Guinea
) and
Cameroon
(
Fig. 9B
). All sequences were reported in GenBank as
Hyperolius tuberculatus
. The sequence reported in
Veith
et al
. (2009)
as
Hyperolius tuberculatus
Complex A forms part of this species. The uncorrected
p-
distances from other clades were 2.1–6.2% (
Table 2
).
The pattern element in the description of the
type
of
H. tuberculatus
consists of various stripes on the head.
The advertisement call (no vouchers) is a high-pitched long series of notes (
Bosch
et al
. 2000
, from
Río Muni
,
Equatorial Guinea
), with an emphasised frequency of 3228 Hz, and a mean note rate of
11.6
s-
1. A call from Adjap,
Cameroon
(no voucher) is a series of double pulsed notes with a note rate of 6
s-1
, and an emphasised frequency of 3000 Hz (
Amiet & Goutte 2017
).