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<emphasis id="B955EAA8FFDBD40D78C0FE7AFEF3FE4C" bold="true" box="[141,358,429,453]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">Ptychadena christyi</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="EFB04B4BFFDBD40D7939FE7AFDB8FE4C" author="Boulenger GA" box="[372,557,429,453]" pageId="26" pageNumber="61" pagination="1 - 29" refId="ref22875" refString="Boulenger GA. 1919. Batraciens et reptiles recueillis par le Dr. C. Christy au Congo Belge dans les Districts de Stanleyville, Haut-Uele et Ituri en 1912 - 1914. Revue Zoologique Africaine 7: 1 - 29." type="journal article" year="1919">Boulenger, 1919</bibRefCitation>
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<figureCitation id="131A2A3FFFDBD40D78C0FE19FF78FE6F" box="[141,237,462,486]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="23.[141,177,1831,1853]" captionTargetBox="[141,1394,141,1819]" captionTargetId="figure-21@23.[141,1394,141,1819]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="Fig. 10. Phrynobatrachids (Phrynobatrachus), ptychadenids (Ptychadena), and a pyxicephalid (Aubria). (A) Phrynobatrachus sp. aff. auritus (male). (B) Ph. cf. giorgii (male). (C) Ph. cf. auritus (male). (D) Ptychadena aequiplicata (female). (E) Pt. christyi (male), extralimital specimen from Mosite (0.956°N, 23.560°E). (F) Pt. perreti (male). (G) Pt. sp. aff. mascareniensis (male). (H) Aubria masako (male)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12761637" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/12761637/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">Fig. 10E</figureCitation>
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.
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<emphasis id="B955EAA8FFDBD40D78C0FE3AFF5BFD8C" bold="true" box="[141,206,493,517]" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">Area:</emphasis>
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Bechuchuu, Yalokole, Yetee.
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<emphasis id="B955EAA8FFDBD40D78C0FDDAFEADFDAC" bold="true" box="[141,312,525,549]" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">Season/survey:</emphasis>
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Wet (
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<date id="FF9F107AFFDBD40D793BFDD9FE70FDAF" box="[374,485,526,550]" pageId="26" pageNumber="61" value="2018-11">Nov 2018</date>
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), dry (
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<date id="FF9F107AFFDBD40D7A64FDD9FD0FFDAF" box="[553,666,526,550]" pageId="26" pageNumber="61" value="2019-08">Aug 2019</date>
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).
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<emphasis id="B955EAA8FFDBD40D78C0FDFAFF6FFDCC" bold="true" box="[141,250,557,581]" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">Material:</emphasis>
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CSB:Herp:
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636, 637, 664, 720; IVB-H-CD 18306.
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<emphasis id="B955EAA8FFDBD40D78C0FDBAFE84FD0C" bold="true" box="[141,273,621,645]" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">Comments:</emphasis>
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This species is very poorly known and is somewhat enigmatic because some other species of
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have been misidentified as
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<emphasis id="B955EAA8FFDBD40D7A3EFD79FD76FD4F" box="[627,739,686,710]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">P. christyi</emphasis>
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. Here, we probably show the first published photograph of this species, as the photographed frog published by
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does not conform to the morphology of the types of
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<emphasis id="B955EAA8FFDBD40D78A6FCF9FEC3FCCF" box="[235,342,814,838]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">P. christyi</emphasis>
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. The frog in that figure (
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) resembles
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<emphasis id="B955EAA8FFDBD40D78B0FC99FE05FCEF" box="[253,400,846,870]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">P. longirostris</emphasis>
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(Peters, 1870)
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from West Africa, which can indicate either a substantial range extension of this species or that a similar species has remained overlooked in northeastern
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.
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was described from “Madié (Ituri)” [= Medje, Haut-Uélé] based on
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and
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(
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).
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is located in
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(1947.2.2.59; formerly 1919.8.16.20); and
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and
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, together with
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also marked as a type (although not listed in the original publication), are stored in
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(B.324–326: adults; B.
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). This species is characterized by its pronounced dorsolateral glandular ridges/folds and usually smooth dorsum, in contrast to most other
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<taxonomicName id="4C214D39FFDBD40D7A5EFB39FD7CFA8F" box="[531,745,1262,1286]" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">
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<emphasis id="B955EAA8FFDBD40D7A5EFB39FD04FA8F" box="[531,657,1262,1286]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">Ptychadena</emphasis>
|
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species
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
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which have numerous distinct longitudinal dorsal folds. Some individuals bear additional short irregular dorsal and lateral folds, which are less conspicuous than the two dorsolateral ones. This is probably why
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C214D39FFDBD40D7A31FAB9FD7CFA0F" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1919" box="[636,745,1390,1414]" class="Amphibia" family="Ptychadenidae" genus="Ptychadena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="61" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="christyi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B955EAA8FFDBD40D7A31FAB9FD7CFA0F" box="[636,745,1390,1414]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">P. christyi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has sometimes been considered a close relative of, if not conspecific to,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C214D39FFDBD40D7979FA79FDE0FA4F" authority="(Noble 1924)" baseAuthorityName="Noble" baseAuthorityYear="1924" box="[308,629,1454,1478]" class="Amphibia" family="Ptychadenidae" genus="Ptychadena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="61" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aequiplicata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B955EAA8FFDBD40D7979FA79FE43FA4F" box="[308,470,1454,1478]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">P. aequiplicata</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFB04B4BFFDBD40D79AAFA79FDFBFA4F" author="Noble GK" box="[487,622,1454,1478]" pageId="26" pageNumber="61" pagination="147 - 347" refId="ref26348" refString="Noble GK. 1924. Contributions of the herpetology of the Belgian Congo based on the collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909 - 1915. Part III. Amphibia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 49: 147 - 347." type="journal article" year="1924">Noble 1924</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. However, these two species are clearly different at first glance (cf.
|
||
<figureCitation id="131A2A3FFFDBD40D78C0FA39FE8CF98F" box="[141,281,1518,1542]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="23.[141,177,1831,1853]" captionTargetBox="[141,1394,141,1819]" captionTargetId="figure-21@23.[141,1394,141,1819]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="Fig. 10. Phrynobatrachids (Phrynobatrachus), ptychadenids (Ptychadena), and a pyxicephalid (Aubria). (A) Phrynobatrachus sp. aff. auritus (male). (B) Ph. cf. giorgii (male). (C) Ph. cf. auritus (male). (D) Ptychadena aequiplicata (female). (E) Pt. christyi (male), extralimital specimen from Mosite (0.956°N, 23.560°E). (F) Pt. perreti (male). (G) Pt. sp. aff. mascareniensis (male). (H) Aubria masako (male)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12761637" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/12761637/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">Figs. 10D–E</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFB04B4BFFDBD40D7966FA39FDDFF98F" author="Zimkus BM & Larson JG" box="[299,586,1518,1542]" pageId="26" pageNumber="61" pagination="159 - 170" refId="ref27689" refString="Zimkus BM, Larson JG. 2013. Assessment of the amphibians of Bateke Plateau National Park, Gabon, including results of chytrid pathogen tests. Salamandra 49: 159 - 170." type="journal article" year="2013">Zimkus and Larson (2013)</bibRefCitation>
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||
suggested that
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C214D39FFDBD40D78C0F9D9FF6CF9AF" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1919" box="[141,249,1550,1574]" class="Amphibia" family="Ptychadenidae" genus="Ptychadena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="61" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="christyi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B955EAA8FFDBD40D78C0F9D9FF6CF9AF" box="[141,249,1550,1574]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">P. christyi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
may be conspecific with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C214D39FFDBD40D7A5DF9D9FDE1F9AC" authorityName="Guibe and Lamotte" authorityYear="1958" box="[528,628,1550,1573]" class="Amphibia" family="Ptychadenidae" genus="Ptychadena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="61" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="perreti">
|
||
<emphasis id="B955EAA8FFDBD40D7A5DF9D9FDE1F9AC" box="[528,628,1550,1573]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">P. perreti</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. However, this assumption was based on
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C214D39FFDBD40D79ABF9F9FDD8F9CC" authorityName="Guibe and Lamotte" authorityYear="1958" box="[486,589,1582,1605]" class="Amphibia" family="Ptychadenidae" genus="Ptychadena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="61" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="perreti">
|
||
<emphasis id="B955EAA8FFDBD40D79ABF9F9FDD8F9CC" box="[486,589,1582,1605]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">P. perreti</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F336762AFFDBD40D7ADBF9F9FD7CF9CF" box="[662,745,1582,1606]" name="Uganda" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">Uganda</collectingCountry>
|
||
which was misidentified as “
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C214D39FFDBD40D799CF999FDD5F9EF" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1919" box="[465,576,1614,1638]" class="Amphibia" family="Ptychadenidae" genus="Ptychadena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="61" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="christyi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B955EAA8FFDBD40D799CF999FDD5F9EF" box="[465,576,1614,1638]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">P. christyi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
” (per our own review of the data). Based on the material stored in
|
||
<collectionCode id="ED30AE7FFFDBD40D78C0F959FF4FF92F" box="[141,218,1678,1702]" country="Belgium" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/ee3x-fpgk" name="Royal Museum for Central Africa" pageId="26" pageNumber="61" type="Museum">RMCA</collectionCode>
|
||
and our own field observations,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C214D39FFDBD40D7A16F959FD5EF92F" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1919" box="[603,715,1678,1702]" class="Amphibia" family="Ptychadenidae" genus="Ptychadena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="61" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="christyi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B955EAA8FFDBD40D7A16F959FD5EF92F" box="[603,715,1678,1702]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">P. christyi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is known only from the forested regions of northeastern
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F336762AFFDBD40D78C0F919FF52F96F" box="[141,199,1742,1766]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">DRC</collectingCountry>
|
||
. The Kokolopori material thus demonstrates a geographic range extension to the south. It is not clear if the species has been reliably recorded from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F336762AFFDBD40D7ADDF8D9FD73F8AF" box="[656,742,1806,1830]" name="Uganda" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">Uganda</collectingCountry>
|
||
, despite reports of it from the country. Based on the available data, it seems that many if not all reports of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C214D39FFDBD40D78C0F8B9FF6AF80F" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1919" box="[141,255,1902,1926]" class="Amphibia" family="Ptychadenidae" genus="Ptychadena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="61" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="christyi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B955EAA8FFDBD40D78C0F8B9FF6AF80F" box="[141,255,1902,1926]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">P. christyi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F336762AFFDBD40D7902F8B9FE37F80F" box="[335,418,1902,1926]" name="Uganda" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">Uganda</collectingCountry>
|
||
were misidentifications (see above and accounts for
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C214D39FFDBD40D79D5F859FDAFF82F" baseAuthorityName="Noble" baseAuthorityYear="1924" box="[408,570,1934,1958]" class="Amphibia" family="Ptychadenidae" genus="Ptychadena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="61" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aequiplicata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B955EAA8FFDBD40D79D5F859FDAFF82F" box="[408,570,1934,1958]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">P. aequiplicata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C214D39FFDBD40D7A38F859FD4FF82C" authorityName="Guibe and Lamotte" authorityYear="1958" box="[629,730,1934,1957]" class="Amphibia" family="Ptychadenidae" genus="Ptychadena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="61" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="perreti">
|
||
<emphasis id="B955EAA8FFDBD40D7A38F859FD4FF82C" box="[629,730,1934,1957]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">P. perreti</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
). In Kokolopori, we found
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C214D39FFDBD40D7C60FF59FB0CFF2F" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1919" box="[1069,1177,142,166]" class="Amphibia" family="Ptychadenidae" genus="Ptychadena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="61" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="christyi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B955EAA8FFDBD40D7C60FF59FB0CFF2F" box="[1069,1177,142,166]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="61">P. christyi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in puddles or pools on muddy roads formed after heavy rains, where they lay eggs. If the pools were near a bush, the frogs jumped out of the pools to hide in the bushes when disturbed. Some individuals were found in the primary forest at Bechuchuu, in a pirogue (dugout canoe) filled with water.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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