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Jacobsen's Long Reed Frog (
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. ZMB 77280, a male, collected near Gatiko,
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and one female, ZMB 77282298, collected at the same locality, and within a few days of the
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The advertisement call (
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,
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD7FFB8FA8E6B45F96E3544" box="[668,801,1630,1654]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rwandae" status="sp. nov.">H. rwandae</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="44998E26FFD7FFB8FB3A6B44F9CD3547" box="[808,898,1630,1654]" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" rank="species">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD7FFB8FB3A6B44F9333544" bold="true" box="[808,892,1630,1654]" pageId="26" pageNumber="327">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
and
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD7FFB8FBA96B45FE6A3544" box="[955,1061,1630,1654]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="viridis">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD7FFB8FBA96B45FE6A3544" box="[955,1061,1630,1654]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="327">H. viridis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. It can be distinguished from the other species with a buzz call by the number of pulses: 25 pulses in
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD7FFB8FBB06B98FE6035AB" box="[930,1071,1666,1689]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="acuticeps">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD7FFB8FBB06B98FE6035AB" box="[930,1071,1666,1689]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="327">H. acuticeps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and eight pulses in
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD7FFB8FD0E6B98FFDB35AB" box="[1308,1428,1666,1689]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nasutus">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD7FFB8FD0E6B98FFDB35AB" box="[1308,1428,1666,1689]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="327">H. nasutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. See Table 3 for a summary of call parameters. The snout is bluntly round in profile, distinguishing it from those with truncated, shark-like or sharply rounded snouts:
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD7FFB8FB256BD0F8BF3434" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="327">
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD7FFB8FB256BD0F99F35D3" box="[823,976,1738,1761]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="acuticeps">H. acuticeps</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD7FFB8FBF46BD0FEE135D3" box="[998,1198,1737,1761]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="benguellensis">H. benguellensis</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD7FFB8FCD66BD0FF2535D3" box="[1220,1386,1737,1761]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dartevellei">H. dartevellei</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD7FFB8FD936BD0FB6E3434" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="friedemanni">H. friedemanni</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD7FFB8F93C6BF5FBE73434" box="[302,424,1774,1798]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="howelli">H. howelli</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD7FFB8F9A76BF5F80C3434" box="[437,579,1775,1798]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="inyangae">H. inyangae</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD7FFB8FA436BF5F8BF3434" box="[593,752,1774,1798]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lupiroensis" status="sp. nov.">H. lupiroensis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="44998E26FFD7FFB8FAE86BF4F91A3437" box="[762,853,1774,1798]" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" rank="species">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD7FFB8FAE86BF4F9013434" bold="true" box="[762,846,1774,1798]" pageId="26" pageNumber="327">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD7FFB8FB776BF5F9903434" box="[869,991,1775,1798]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nasutus">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD7FFB8FB776BF5F9903434" box="[869,991,1775,1798]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="327">H. nasutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD7FFB8FC086BF5FEEE3434" box="[1050,1185,1774,1798]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rwandae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD7FFB8FC086BF5FEEE3434" box="[1050,1185,1774,1798]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="327">H. rwandae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="44998E26FFD7FFB8FCB86BF4FF4A3437" box="[1194,1285,1774,1798]" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" rank="species">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD7FFB8FCB86BF4FEB13434" bold="true" box="[1194,1278,1774,1798]" pageId="26" pageNumber="327">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
The toes are webbed with one phalanx of the third and fourth toes free, and the fifth toe webbed to the disc. This pattern distinguishes it from those species that do not have the fifth toe webbed to the disc:
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD7FFB8FC536A2DFE553443" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="327">
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD7FFB8FC536A2DFE9F347C" box="[1089,1232,1847,1870]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="acuticeps">H. acuticeps</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD7FFB8FCC86A2DFFD7347C" box="[1242,1432,1846,1870]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="benguellensis">H. benguellensis</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD7FFB8F8856A40FB793443" box="[151,310,1881,1905]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dartevellei">H. dartevellei</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD7FFB8F9566A40FBF13443" box="[324,446,1881,1905]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="howelli">H. howelli</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD7FFB8F9DE6A40F8243443" box="[460,619,1881,1905]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="igbettensis">H. igbettensis</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD7FFB8FA686A40F9473443" box="[634,776,1882,1905]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="inyangae">H. inyangae</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD7FFB8FB046A40F9DC3443" box="[790,915,1882,1905]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nasutus">H. nasutus</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD7FFB8FBB36A40FE583443" box="[929,1047,1882,1905]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="poweri">H. poweri</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD7FFB8FC446A40FE8C3443" box="[1110,1219,1881,1905]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="viridis">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD7FFB8FC446A40FE8C3443" box="[1110,1219,1881,1905]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="327">H. viridis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. It differs from
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD7FFB8FD936A40FB5034A4" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="friedemanni">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD7FFB8FD936A40FB5034A4" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="327">H. friedemanni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
which has all the toes webbed to the disc, and from
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD7FFB8FB616A65F9B734A4" box="[883,1016,1918,1942]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rwandae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD7FFB8FB616A65F9B734A4" box="[883,1016,1918,1942]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="327">H. rwandae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="44998E26FFD7FFB8FC126A64FE1534A7" box="[1024,1114,1918,1942]" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" rank="species">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD7FFB8FC126A64FE1C34A4" bold="true" box="[1024,1107,1918,1942]" pageId="26" pageNumber="327">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
which has two phalanges of the third toe free. The webbing is similar to that of
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD7FFB8FAC16AB8F93F348B" box="[723,880,1953,1977]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lupiroensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD7FFB8FAC16AB8F93F348B" box="[723,880,1953,1977]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="327">H. lupiroensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="44998E26FFD7FFB8FB6A6AB8F99E348B" box="[888,977,1954,1978]" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" rank="species">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD7FFB8FB6A6AB8F9853488" bold="true" box="[888,970,1954,1978]" pageId="26" pageNumber="327">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFD7FFB8F8DB6ADFFE8534EF" blockId="26.[151,1437,1341,2013]" box="[201,1226,1989,2013]" pageId="26" pageNumber="327">
Standard measurements of the
<typeStatus id="B26551EDFFD7FFB8FA306ADFF8CB34EF" box="[546,644,1989,2013]" pageId="26" pageNumber="327" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
are compared with the other species in Appendix 2.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="25C4BCC4FFD6FFBEF8DB6D8DFE8331FE" lastPageId="28" lastPageNumber="329" pageId="27" pageNumber="328" type="description">
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFD6FFB9F8DB6D8DFEF03195" blockId="27.[151,1436,151,679]" pageId="27" pageNumber="328">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD6FFB9F8DB6D8DFBA63382" bold="true" box="[201,489,151,176]" pageId="27" pageNumber="328">
Description of
<typeStatus id="B26551EDFFD6FFB9F96E6D82FBA63382" box="[380,489,152,176]" pageId="27" pageNumber="328" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
. Body long and slender, widest at temporal region, slightly tapering to groin; head comparatively small (HL/SUL 0.34, HW/SUL 0.28), not wider than trunk, longer than wide (HL/HW 1.22); snout long (SL/HL 0.43), bluntly rounded in dorsal view, truncated in profile (
<figureCitation id="F5E5F3CAFFD6FFB9FBA96DC5F9B033C5" box="[955,1023,223,247]" 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="27" pageNumber="328">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
), not significantly projecting beyond lower jaw, wider than long (SL/EE 0.74); canthus rostralis distinct, rounded, strongly concave from eye to nostril, slightly convex near tip of snout; loreal region almost vertical, slightly concave; nostril directed laterally; situated much closer to tip of snout than to eye (EN/NS 1.6), separated from each other by distance greater than distance between eye and nostril (NN/EN 1.31); eyes directed anterolaterally, moderately protruding, relatively small (ED/ HL 0.25); eye diameter shorter than snout (ED/SL 0.58); interorbital distance much wider than upper eyelid (IO/ EW 2.9), and greater than internarial distance (IO/NN 1.38); tympanum not visible externally; upper jaw with dentition; teeth on premaxilla larger than those on maxilla; choanae small, oval, located far anterolaterally at margins of roof of the mouth; vomer processes and teeth absent; tongue long 4.7, and narrow (2.8 at widest point), free for about three-fourths of length, bifurcated distally for about one-fourth of length; median lingual process absent; vocal sac single, median, subgular; gular flap consisting of two medially arranged, subcircular areas of thickened skin, immediately adjacent to each other; anterior part cream-coloured, larger, more granular, and thicker than posterior white-coloured part; vocal sac aperture on each side of the mouth, slit-like, long.
</paragraph>
<caption id="39A1BFC7FFD6FFB9F88568DDF87B36CE" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/215994/files/figure.png" pageId="27" pageNumber="328" targetBox="[153,1428,749,1458]" targetPageId="27">
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFD6FFB9F88568DDF87B36CE" blockId="27.[151,1435,1479,1532]" pageId="27" pageNumber="328">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD6FFB9F88568DDFB5036EF" bold="true" box="[151,287,1479,1502]" pageId="27" pageNumber="328">FIGURE 11.</emphasis>
Advertisement calls of
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD6FFB9FA0668D3F8AE36EF" authority="Gatiko" authorityName="Gatiko" box="[532,737,1479,1502]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="27" pageNumber="328" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jacobseni">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD6FFB9FA0668D3F8DB36EF" box="[532,660,1479,1502]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="328">H. jacobseni</emphasis>
Gatiko
</taxonomicName>
(left),
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD6FFB9FB3A68D3F9D436EF" box="[808,923,1479,1502]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="27" pageNumber="328" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lamottei">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD6FFB9FB3A68D3F9D436EF" box="[808,923,1479,1502]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="328">H. lamottei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Nimba (center left),
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD6FFB9FC6168D3FF0036EF" authority="Lupiro" authorityName="Lupiro" box="[1139,1359,1479,1502]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="27" pageNumber="328" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lupiroensis">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD6FFB9FC6168D3FF4C36EF" box="[1139,1283,1479,1502]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="328">H. lupiroensis</emphasis>
Lupiro
</taxonomicName>
(center right) and
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFD6FFB9F91268FDFBA936CE" authority="Fungurume" authorityName="Fungurume" box="[256,486,1511,1532]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="27" pageNumber="328" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nasicus">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD6FFB9F91268FDFB2436CE" box="[256,363,1511,1532]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="328">H. nasicus</emphasis>
Fungurume
</taxonomicName>
(right).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFD6FFB9F8DB6B57FF2835BB" blockId="27.[151,1436,1613,2033]" pageId="27" pageNumber="328">Dorsal surfaces of head, trunk and limbs smooth but with many densely and more or less evenly scattered tiny, low, spine-like tubercles; ventral surface of limbs and gular smooth, chin and abdomen slightly more areolate.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFD6FFB9F8DB6B8CFE9C340F" blockId="27.[151,1436,1613,2033]" pageId="27" pageNumber="328">
Fore limbs slender; hand moderately large (HND/SUL 0.28); 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, with proximal tubercle on finger IV hardly discernible; webbing formula of the hand
<date id="1960C98FFFD6FFB9FA8C6A1BF8F9342B" box="[670,694,1793,1817]" pageId="27" pageNumber="328">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD6FFB9FA8C6A1BF8E6342B" bold="true" box="[670,681,1793,1817]" pageId="27" pageNumber="328">I</emphasis>
2
</date>
2.5
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD6FFB9FAFA6A1BF8B1342B" bold="true" box="[744,766,1793,1817]" pageId="27" pageNumber="328">II</emphasis>
2.5
<date id="1960C98FFFD6FFB9FB236A1BF972342B" box="[817,829,1793,1817]" pageId="27" pageNumber="328">3</date>
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD6FFB9FB2E6A1BF912342B" bold="true" box="[828,861,1793,1817]" pageId="27" pageNumber="328">III</emphasis>
2.5
<date id="1960C98FFFD6FFB9FB9D6A1BF9F6342B" box="[911,953,1793,1817]" pageId="27" pageNumber="328">
2
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD6FFB9FB8E6A1BF9F6342B" bold="true" box="[924,953,1793,1817]" pageId="27" pageNumber="328">IV</emphasis>
</date>
; thenar tubercle indistinct, low; palmar tubercles absent; metacarpals without supernumerary tubercles; nuptial pads or asperities absent.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFD6FFBEF8DB6A53FBAA33E6" blockId="27.[151,1436,1613,2033]" lastBlockId="28.[151,1437,151,824]" lastPageId="28" lastPageNumber="329" pageId="27" pageNumber="328">
<collectingCountry id="15C9AFDFFFD6FFB9F8DB6A53FB4E3453" box="[201,257,1865,1889]" name="India" pageId="27" pageNumber="328">Hind</collectingCountry>
limbs slender, moderately long (LEG/SUL 1.60); tibio-tarsal articulation reaching to level of tip of snout when legs are adpressed to body; tibiofibula moderately long (TFL/SUL 0.52), longer than thigh (TFL/THL 1.05); heels overlapping each other considerably when knees are flexed and thighs are held laterally at right angle to body; foot shorter than tibiofibula (FOT/TFL 0.78); 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="F5E5F3CAFFD1FFBEF97E6D8DFBFD339D" box="[364,434,151,175]" 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="28" pageNumber="329">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
)
<date id="1960C98FFFD1FFBEF9D76D82FB95339D" box="[453,474,151,176]" pageId="28" pageNumber="329">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD1FFBEF9D76D82FB9F3382" bold="true" box="[453,464,152,176]" pageId="28" pageNumber="329">I</emphasis>
1
</date>
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD1FFBEF9FE6D82F84D3382" bold="true" box="[492,514,152,176]" pageId="28" pageNumber="329">II</emphasis>
0.25
<date id="1960C98FFFD1FFBEFA546D8DF800339D" box="[582,591,151,175]" pageId="28" pageNumber="329">1</date>
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD1FFBEFA5D6D82F83F3382" bold="true" box="[591,624,152,176]" pageId="28" pageNumber="329">III</emphasis>
0.25
<date id="1960C98FFFD1FFBEFAA66D8DF8F2339D" box="[692,701,151,175]" pageId="28" pageNumber="329">1</date>
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD1FFBEFAAE6D82F8943382" bold="true" box="[700,731,152,176]" pageId="28" pageNumber="329">IV</emphasis>
10
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD1FFBEFB176D82F9583382" bold="true" box="[773,791,152,176]" pageId="28" pageNumber="329">V</emphasis>
; inner metatarsal tubercle small, oval, prominent; outer circular, low and less distinct.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFD1FFBEF8DB6DC5FA92329E" blockId="28.[151,1437,151,824]" pageId="28" pageNumber="329">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD1FFBEF8DB6DC5FBE833CA" bold="true" box="[201,423,223,248]" pageId="28" pageNumber="329">Colouration in life</emphasis>
. The body is an overall yellow-brown, with a green tinge visible through the skin of the sides of the body. The lateral stripes are bright white, edged with brownish pigment spots.
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD1FFBEFCF56C19FB653272" bold="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="329">Colouration in preservative</emphasis>
. Colour in preservative pale yellow, with pigmented snout, a blotch of pigment on top of the eye, and minute black melanophores on the back, more dense anteriorly, with larger brown spots irregularly scattered. White lateral lines run from the top of the eye to the groin, bordered by dark lines of spots and melanophores. The belly is white.
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<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFD1FFBEF8DB6CA2F813316D" blockId="28.[151,1437,151,824]" pageId="28" pageNumber="329">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD1FFBEF8DB6CA2FBE432E2" bold="true" box="[201,427,439,464]" pageId="28" pageNumber="329">
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variation
</emphasis>
. The
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are similar in size and proportions to the
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, with the large female ZMB 77281 having SUL 19.5 and with HW 6.2, with the largest female having SUL 21.5. The male
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have a conspicuous muscle (
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD1FFBEF9B06F1BF81C312A" box="[418,595,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="329">m. ileolumbaris</emphasis>
) running from behind the tympanum to the groin, visible under the skin. The inner metatarsal tubercle is flattened, while the outer metatarsal tubercle is absent. The discs on the toes are slightly wider than the width of the toes.
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<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFD1FFBEF8DB6F76FF503195" blockId="28.[151,1437,151,824]" pageId="28" pageNumber="329">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD1FFBEF8DB6F76FBEE31B6" bold="true" box="[201,417,620,644]" pageId="28" pageNumber="329">Eggs and tadpoles</emphasis>
. A female
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ZMB 77281 contains enlarged ovarian eggs with a diameter of ca. 1.1. Eggs are darkly pigmented on the animal pole and white on the vegetative pole. Tadpoles are unknown.
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<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD1FFBEF8DB6FA9FB6A31FE" bold="true" box="[201,293,691,716]" pageId="28" pageNumber="329">Habitat</emphasis>
. The
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were found on emergent grass and other plants around temporary pools.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="25C4BCC4FFD1FFBEF8DB6FC2FF6731DD" box="[201,1320,727,752]" pageId="28" pageNumber="329" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFD1FFBEF8DB6FC2FF6731DD" blockId="28.[151,1437,151,824]" box="[201,1320,727,752]" pageId="28" pageNumber="329">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD1FFBEF8DB6FC2FB0731C2" bold="true" box="[201,328,728,752]" pageId="28" pageNumber="329">Etymology</emphasis>
. This species is named for the collector, the South African herpetologist Niels Jacobsen.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="25C4BCC4FFD1FFBEF8DB6FE6FE613005" pageId="28" pageNumber="329" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFD1FFBEF8DB6FE6FE613005" blockId="28.[151,1437,151,824]" pageId="28" pageNumber="329">
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFD1FFBEF8DB6FE6FB723026" bold="true" box="[201,317,764,788]" pageId="28" pageNumber="329">Remarks.</emphasis>
The species is only known from southern
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, although it is probably widespread. It should be regarded as Data Deficient in terms of the IUCN criteria.
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