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Robust Long Reed Frog (
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. ZMB 76096 (Vintukutu Forest Reserve,
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. The advertisement call (
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. It can be distinguished from species producing only a single note, and those producing only a buzz:
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. It can be distinguished from the other species producing a two-part call, which have a duration less than
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which only has five pulses in the initial note. See Table 3 for a summary of call parameters. The snout is bluntly rounded, distinguishing it from those with truncated, shark-like or sharply rounded snouts:
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,
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFEBFF84FC786ACCFF4234DF" box="[1130,1293,2005,2029]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="38" pageNumber="339" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lupiroensis">H. lupiroensis</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFEBFF84FD096ACCFFD734DF" box="[1307,1432,2006,2029]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="38" pageNumber="339" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nasutus">H. nasutus</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFEAFF85F8D46D83FB043382" box="[198,331,152,176]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="39" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rwandae">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFEAFF85F8D46D83FB043382" box="[198,331,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="340">H. rwandae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The webbing has one phalanx free on the first to third toes, just more than one free on the fourth toe, and half a phalanx free on the fifth toe. It can be distinguished from the species that are webbed to the disc on the fifth toe:
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFEAFF85F9276DFBFB8333CA" box="[309,460,224,248]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="39" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="adspersus">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFEAFF85F9276DFBFB8333CA" box="[309,460,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="340">H. adspersus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFEAFF85F9CC6DFBFEFA33CA" box="[478,1205,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="340">
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFEAFF85F9CC6DFBF8C033CA" box="[478,655,224,248]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="39" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="friedemanni">H. friedemanni</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFEAFF85FA8C6DFBF97C33CA" box="[670,819,224,248]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="39" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jacobseni">H. jacobseni</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFEAFF85FB516DFBF9A833CA" box="[835,999,224,248]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="39" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lupiroensis">H. lupiroensis</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFEAFF85FC3E6DFBFEFA33CA" box="[1068,1205,224,248]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="39" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rwandae">H. rwandae</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
. It differs from the species that have more than half a phalanx free of web on the fifth toe:
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFEAFF85FC1A6C1FFBD73272" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="340">
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFEAFF85FC1A6C1FFED3322E" box="[1032,1180,261,284]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="39" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="acuticeps">H. acuticeps</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFEAFF85FCBF6C1FFF3F322E" box="[1197,1392,260,284]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="39" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="benguellensis">H. benguellensis</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFEAFF85FD936C1FFB5E3272" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="39" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dartevellei">H. dartevellei</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFEAFF85F90F6C33FBDB3272" box="[285,404,296,320]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="39" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="howelli">H. howelli</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFEAFF85F9C26C33F8163272" box="[464,601,297,320]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="39" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="inyangae">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFEAFF85F9C26C33F8163272" box="[464,601,297,320]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="340">H. inyangae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. It can be distinguished from the remaining species that are webbed to the disc on the third or fourth toes:
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFEAFF85FA066C57F8E53256" box="[532,682,332,356]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="39" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="adspersus">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFEAFF85FA066C57F8E53256" box="[532,682,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="340">H. adspersus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFEAFF85FAFA6C57F92C3256" box="[744,867,333,356]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="39" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nasutus">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFEAFF85FAFA6C57F92C3256" box="[744,867,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="340">H. nasutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Our specimens show the stocky build noted by Schiøtz (1975).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<caption id="39A1BFC7FFEAFF85F88569B8F937378B" box="[151,888,1186,1209]" pageId="39" pageNumber="340">
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFEAFF85F88569B8F937378B" blockId="39.[151,888,1186,1209]" box="[151,888,1186,1209]" pageId="39" pageNumber="340">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFEAFF85F88569B8FB50378A" bold="true" box="[151,287,1186,1209]" pageId="39" pageNumber="340">FIGURE 15.</emphasis>
Advertisement call of
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFEAFF85FA1569BEF937378B" authority="Sumbawanga (A. Schiotz)" authorityName="Sumbawanga (A. Schiotz" box="[519,888,1187,1209]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="39" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="viridis">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFEAFF85FA1569BEF828378B" box="[519,615,1187,1209]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="340">H. viridis</emphasis>
Sumbawanga (A. Schiøtz)
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="25C4BCC4FFEAFF8AF8DB69FAF86A3125" lastPageId="40" lastPageNumber="341" pageId="39" pageNumber="340" type="description">
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFEAFF85F8DB69FAF94F35C2" blockId="39.[151,1437,1248,2028]" pageId="39" pageNumber="340">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFEAFF85F8DB69FAF8CD37CB" bold="true" box="[201,642,1248,1273]" pageId="39" pageNumber="340">Description of a Vintukutu specimen</emphasis>
. An adult male ZMB 76096, from Vintukutu Forest Reserve,
<collectingCountry id="15C9AFDFFFEAFF85FD2D69FAFFD737CA" box="[1343,1432,1248,1272]" name="Malawi" pageId="39" pageNumber="340">Malawi</collectingCountry>
. Body short and compact, widest at mid-body, tapering to head and neck; head very small (HL/SUL 0.22, HW/SUL 0.34), narrower than mid part of trunk, wider than long (HL/HW 0.64); snout short (SL/HL 0.59), suboivoid in dorsal view, almost truncate in profile (
<figureCitation id="F5E5F3CAFFEAFF85FA466856F8D63656" box="[596,665,1356,1380]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="14.[151,250,1961,1984]" captionTargetBox="[175,1394,193,1914]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[175,1394,193,1916]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 6. Snout profiles of representatives of the species in the Hyperolius nasutus group." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/215989/files/figure.png" pageId="39" pageNumber="340">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
), only slightly protruding beyond lower jaw, almost as long as wide (SL/EE 0.96); canthus rostralis distinct, rounded, slightly concave between eye to nostril, slightly convex near tip of snout; loreal region almost vertical, slightly concave; nostril directed dorsolaterally; situated closer to tip of snout than to eye (EN/NS 1.18), separated from each other by distance equal to distance between eye and nostril (NN/EN 0.94); eyes directed anterolaterally, moderately protruding, relatively large (ED/HL 0.59); eye diameter equal to snout length(ED/SL 1.0); interorbital distance much narrower than upper eyelid (IO/EW 0.36), but greater than internarial distance (IO/NN 1.3); tympanum not visible externally; upper jaw with dentition; choanae small, round, located far anterolaterally at margins of roof of the mouth, completely concealed by upper jaw in ventral view; vomer processes and teeth absent; tongue slightly longer than wide (2.1), free for about three-fourths of length, bifurcated distally for about one-fourth of length; median lingual process absent; vocal sac single, median, subgular,; The gular flap is large (almost completely covering the throat), glandular and wider (4.7) than long (4.1), white in preservative with many minute melanophores.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFEAFF85F8DB6BE6F83F340A" blockId="39.[151,1437,1248,2028]" pageId="39" pageNumber="340">The skin of the dorsum and upper limbs appears smooth, finely granular under dissecting microscope; flat granular belly; supratympanic fold absent.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFEAFF85F8DB6A5FFB1834DE" blockId="39.[151,1437,1248,2028]" pageId="39" pageNumber="340">Fore limbs slender; hand small (HND/SUL 0.19); tips of fingers enlarged into broad oval disks, each with circummarginal groove; relative length of fingers: I&lt;II&lt;IV&lt;III; subarticular tubercles rounded, well developed, with one on fingers I and II, two on fingers III and IV; only basal webbing between fingers; thenar tubercle oval and prominent; palmar small, round and indistnct; metacarpals without supernumerary tubercles; nuptial pads or asperities absent.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFE5FF8AF8DB6D8DF82032B5" blockId="40.[151,1436,151,607]" pageId="40" pageNumber="341">
<collectingCountry id="15C9AFDFFFE5FF8AF8DB6D8DFB4E339D" box="[201,257,151,175]" name="India" pageId="40" pageNumber="341">Hind</collectingCountry>
limbs slender, moderately long (LEG/SUL 1.45); tibio-tarsal articulation reaching to level of tip of snout when legs are adpressed to body; tibiofibula moderately long (TFL/SUL 0.54), longer than thigh (TFL/THL 1.09); heels only slightly overlapping each other considerably when knees are flexed and thighs are held laterally at right angle to body; foot shorter than tibiofibula (FOT/TFL 0.79); relative length of toes: I&lt;II&lt;III&lt;V&lt;IV; discs of toes smaller than those of fingers; subarticular tubercles: one on toes I and II, two on toes III and V, and three on toe IV; pedal webbing formula (
<figureCitation id="F5E5F3CAFFE5FF8AF9A56C56FBB13256" box="[439,510,332,356]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1970,1993]" captionTargetBox="[175,1414,193,1943]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[175,1414,193,1943]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 7. Webbing diagrams of representatives of the species in the Hyperolius nasutus group." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/215990/files/figure.png" pageId="40" pageNumber="341">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
)
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFE5FF8AFA006C56F8523256" bold="true" box="[530,541,332,356]" pageId="40" pageNumber="341">I</emphasis>
0.5
<date id="1960C98FFFE5FF8AFA416C56F8133256" box="[595,604,332,356]" pageId="40" pageNumber="341">1</date>
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFE5FF8AFA4E6C56F83D3256" bold="true" box="[604,626,332,356]" pageId="40" pageNumber="341">II</emphasis>
0.25
<date id="1960C98FFFE5FF8AFAA46C56F8F03256" box="[694,703,332,356]" pageId="40" pageNumber="341">1</date>
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFE5FF8AFAAD6C56F8AF3256" bold="true" box="[703,736,332,356]" pageId="40" pageNumber="341">III</emphasis>
0.25
<date id="1960C98FFFE5FF8AFB366C56F9623256" box="[804,813,332,356]" pageId="40" pageNumber="341">1</date>
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFE5FF8AFB3E6C56F9043256" bold="true" box="[812,843,332,356]" pageId="40" pageNumber="341">IV</emphasis>
10.25
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFE5FF8AFB8B6C56F9E43256" bold="true" box="[921,939,332,356]" pageId="40" pageNumber="341">V</emphasis>
; inner metatarsal tubercle small, oval, not very prominent; outer one not discernible.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFE5FF8AF8DB6C89FABE32C6" blockId="40.[151,1436,151,607]" pageId="40" pageNumber="341">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFE5FF8AF8DB6C89FBE3329E" bold="true" box="[201,428,403,428]" pageId="40" pageNumber="341">Colouration in life</emphasis>
. The dorsal and ventral surfaces are white, dorsal surfaces (including thighs) densely covered with minute melanophores.
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFE5FF8AFA2E6CADF9C432E2" bold="true" box="[572,907,439,464]" pageId="40" pageNumber="341">Colouration in preservative</emphasis>
. All colours have faded to yellow; gular flap whitish.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFE5FF8AF8DB6F1AF86A3125" blockId="40.[151,1436,151,607]" box="[201,549,511,536]" pageId="40" pageNumber="341">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFE5FF8AF8DB6F1AFBE7312A" bold="true" box="[201,424,512,536]" pageId="40" pageNumber="341">Eggs and tadpoles.</emphasis>
Unknown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="25C4BCC4FFE5FF8AF8DB6F3EF994316D" pageId="40" pageNumber="341" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFE5FF8AF8DB6F3EF994316D" blockId="40.[151,1436,151,607]" pageId="40" pageNumber="341">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFE5FF8AF8DB6F3EFB72310E" bold="true" box="[201,317,548,572]" pageId="40" pageNumber="341">Remarks.</emphasis>
The species is known from southern
<collectingCountry id="15C9AFDFFFE5FF8AFAE56F3EF914310E" box="[759,859,548,572]" name="Tanzania" pageId="40" pageNumber="341">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
and northern
<collectingCountry id="15C9AFDFFFE5FF8AFC106F3EFE14310E" box="[1026,1115,548,572]" name="Malawi" pageId="40" pageNumber="341">Malawi</collectingCountry>
. We suggest that the IUCN status of Data Deficient be maintained until further studies are undertaken.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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