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Benguella Long Reed Frog (
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<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDDFFB2FCF468B8FF3C368B" box="[1254,1395,1441,1465]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">H. jacobseni</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="44998E26FFDDFFB2FD6868B8FA8936EF" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDDFFB2FD6868B8FA8E36EF" bold="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">sp. nov</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFDDFFB2F8C968DCFB1536EF" box="[219,346,1478,1501]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nasutus">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDDFFB2F8C968DCFB1536EF" box="[219,346,1478,1501]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">H. nasutus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFDDFFB2F98968DCF87436EF" box="[411,571,1477,1501]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dartevellei">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDDFFB2F98968DCF87436EF" box="[411,571,1477,1501]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">H. dartevellei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The other species with advertisement calls consisting of an initial note followed by some discrete pulses can be distinguished either by their short duration, less than
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="08EA8988FFDDFFB2FCE068F3FF633533" box="[1266,1324,1513,1537]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" precision="5555" value="-0.2">0.2 s</geoCoordinate>
|
||
, as in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFDDFFB2FD9368F0FB503517" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="friedemanni" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDDFFB2FD9368F0FB503517" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">H. friedemanni</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="44998E26FFDDFFB2F93B6B17FBCB3517" box="[297,388,1549,1573]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDDFFB2F93B6B17FB313517" bold="true" box="[297,382,1549,1573]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">sp. nov</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFDDFFB2F9856B14F8413517" box="[407,526,1549,1573]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="howelli" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDDFFB2F9856B14F8413517" box="[407,526,1549,1573]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">H. howelli</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="44998E26FFDDFFB2FA0B6B17F83A3517" box="[537,629,1549,1573]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDDFFB2FA0B6B17F8203517" bold="true" box="[537,623,1549,1573]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">sp. nov</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFDDFFB2FA956B14F96A3517" box="[647,805,1549,1573]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="igbettensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDDFFB2FA956B14F96A3517" box="[647,805,1549,1573]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">H. igbettensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFDDFFB2FB246B14F9E53517" box="[822,938,1550,1573]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="poweri">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDDFFB2FB246B14F9E53517" box="[822,938,1550,1573]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">H. poweri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFDDFFB2FBF56B14FE203517" box="[999,1135,1549,1573]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rwandae" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDDFFB2FBF56B14FE203517" box="[999,1135,1549,1573]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">H. rwandae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="44998E26FFDDFFB2FC6B6B17FE9A3517" box="[1145,1237,1549,1573]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDDFFB2FC6B6B17FE803517" bold="true" box="[1145,1231,1549,1573]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">sp. nov</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
, or by the lower number of slow pulses, less than 10, as in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFDDFFB2FA7B6B28F8BD357B" box="[617,754,1586,1609]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="inyangae">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDDFFB2FA7B6B28F8BD357B" box="[617,754,1586,1609]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">H. inyangae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFDDFFB2FB356B28F9DF357B" box="[807,912,1585,1609]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="viridis">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDDFFB2FB356B28F9DF357B" box="[807,912,1585,1609]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">H. viridis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. See Table 3 for a summary of call parameters. The snout is shark-like in profile, protruding forward of the mouth in a straight line, before forming a sharp tip. It can be distinguished from the truncated, sharply- or bluntly rounded snout profiles as in
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDDFFB2FCCA6B60FB8D3587" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFDDFFB2FCCA6B60FF2135A3" box="[1240,1390,1658,1681]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="acuticeps">H. acuticeps</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFDDFFB2FD936B60FB453587" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="adspersus">H. adspersus</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFDDFFB2F9056B84FB8D3587" box="[279,450,1693,1717]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="friedemanni" status="sp. nov.">H. friedemanni</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="44998E26FFDDFFB2F9D96B87F8693587" box="[459,550,1693,1717]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDDFFB2F9D96B87F8503587" bold="true" box="[459,543,1693,1717]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">sp. nov</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDDFFB2FA276B84F93F3587" box="[565,880,1693,1717]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFDDFFB2FA276B84F89B3587" box="[565,724,1693,1717]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="igbettensis">H. igbettensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFDDFFB2FAF36B84F93F3587" box="[737,880,1693,1717]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolious" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jacobseni" status="sp. nov.">H. jacobseni</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="44998E26FFDDFFB2FB6B6B87F99B3587" box="[889,980,1693,1717]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDDFFB2FB6B6B87F9823587" bold="true" box="[889,973,1693,1717]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">sp. nov</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFDDFFB2FBF66B84FECC3587" box="[996,1155,1693,1717]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lupiroensis" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDDFFB2FBF66B84FECC3587" box="[996,1155,1693,1717]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">H. lupiroensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="44998E26FFDDFFB2FC9E6B87FEA83587" box="[1164,1255,1693,1717]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDDFFB2FC9E6B87FEAE3587" bold="true" box="[1164,1249,1693,1717]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">sp. nov</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDDFFB2FCE56B84FB3835EB" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFDDFFB2FCE56B84FF3C3587" box="[1271,1395,1694,1717]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nasutus">H. nasutus</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFDDFFB2FD936B84FAA735EB" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="poweri">H. poweri</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFDDFFB2F8E16BD8FB3835EB" box="[243,375,1729,1753]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rwandae" status="sp. nov.">H. rwandae</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="44998E26FFDDFFB2F96C6BD8FB9835EB" box="[382,471,1730,1754]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDDFFB2F96C6BD8FB9F35E8" bold="true" box="[382,464,1730,1754]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">sp. nov</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFDDFFB2FA1F6BD8F83835EB" box="[525,631,1729,1753]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="viridis">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDDFFB2FA1F6BD8F83835EB" box="[525,631,1729,1753]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">H. viridis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="25C4BCC4FFDDFFB3F8DB6BFFF8493562" lastPageId="17" lastPageNumber="318" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFDDFFB3F8DB6BFFFF08329E" blockId="16.[151,1437,1261,2006]" lastBlockId="17.[151,1437,151,1977]" lastPageId="17" lastPageNumber="318" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDDFFB2F8DB6BFFF83635CC" bold="true" box="[201,633,1765,1790]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">Description of a Humpata specimen</emphasis>
|
||
. Body long and slender, widest at mid-body, slightly tapering to groin; head comparatively small (HL/SUL 0.33, HW/SUL 0.30), not wider than trunk, longer than wide (HL/HW 1.11); snout long (SL/HL 0.42), bluntly rounded in dorsal view, acute, sharklike in profile (
|
||
<figureCitation id="F5E5F3CAFFDDFFB2FCB76A37FEBE3477" box="[1189,1265,1837,1861]" 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="16" pageNumber="317">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
|
||
), considerably projecting beyond lower jaw, wider than long (SL/EE 0.68); canthus rostralis distinct, moderately sharp, slightly concave from eye to just beyond nostril, slightly convex near tip of snout; loreal region almost vertical, slightly concave; nostril directed dorsolaterally; situated much closer to tip of snout than to eye (EN/NS 1.64), separated from each other by distance greater than distance between eye and nostril (NN/EN 1.11); eyes directed anterolaterally, moderately protruding, relatively small (ED/HL 0.33); eye diameter shorter than snout (ED/SL 0.78); interorbital distance much wider than upper eyelid (IO/EW 1.71), and greater than internarial distance (IO/ NN 2.1); 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 5.8, and narrow (2.7 at widest point), free for about three-fourths of length, bifurcated distally for about one-third of length; median lingual process absent; vocal sac single, median, subgular, mostly unpigmented and translucent when fully inflated; gular flap cream-coloured, granular; vocal sac aperture on each side of the mouth, situated lateral from and close to base of tongue, slit-like, long, directed posterolaterally.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFDCFFB3F8DB6CADFBDC32C6" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Dorsal surfaces of head, trunk and limbs smooth; ventral surface of limbs and gular smooth, chin and abdomen slightly more areolate.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFDCFFB3F8DB6F1AFAA931FE" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">
|
||
Fore limbs slender; hand moderately large (HND/SUL 0.30); tips of fingers enlarged into broad oval disks, each with circummarginal groove; relative length of fingers: I<II<IV<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="1960C98FFFDCFFB3FA9E6F76F8EC31B6" box="[652,675,620,644]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDCFFB3FA9E6F76F8D831B6" bold="true" box="[652,663,620,644]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">I</emphasis>
|
||
2
|
||
</date>
|
||
–2.5
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDCFFB3FAC76F76F8A431B6" bold="true" box="[725,747,620,644]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">II</emphasis>
|
||
2–
|
||
<date id="1960C98FFFDCFFB3FB1A6F76F95B31B6" box="[776,788,620,644]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">3</date>
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDCFFB3FB076F76F97931B6" bold="true" box="[789,822,620,644]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">III</emphasis>
|
||
2.5–2.5
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDCFFB3FB986F76F9E631B6" bold="true" box="[906,937,620,644]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">IV</emphasis>
|
||
(after Myers & Duellman [1982]); thenar tubercle absent; palmar tubercles absent; metacarpals without supernumerary tubercles; nuptial pads or asperities absent.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFDCFFB3F8DB6FCDFBC030F5" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="15C9AFDFFFDCFFB3F8DB6FCDFB4E31DD" box="[201,257,727,751]" name="India" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Hind</collectingCountry>
|
||
limbs slender, moderately long (LEG/SUL 1.55); tibio-tarsal articulation reaching to level of snout tip when legs are adpressed to body; tibiofibula moderately long (TFL/SUL 0.53), shorter than thigh (TFL/THL 0.91); 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 0.83); relative length of toes: I<II<III<V<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="F5E5F3CAFFDCFFB3F9756E96FBE43096" box="[359,427,908,932]" 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="17" pageNumber="318">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDCFFB3F9A96E96FB893096" bold="true" box="[443,454,908,932]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">I</emphasis>
|
||
1–
|
||
<date id="1960C98FFFDCFFB3F9F76E96F8493096" box="[485,518,908,932]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">
|
||
1
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDCFFB3F9E26E96F8493096" bold="true" box="[496,518,908,932]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">II</emphasis>
|
||
</date>
|
||
0.75–
|
||
<date id="1960C98FFFDCFFB3FA586E96F81C3096" box="[586,595,908,932]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">1</date>
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDCFFB3FA416E96F83B3096" bold="true" box="[595,628,908,932]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">III</emphasis>
|
||
0–
|
||
<date id="1960C98FFFDCFFB3FA866E96F8D13096" box="[660,670,908,932]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">1</date>
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDCFFB3FA8F6E96F8F33096" bold="true" box="[669,700,908,932]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">IV</emphasis>
|
||
1–
|
||
<date id="1960C98FFFDCFFB3FAC96E96F8B63096" box="[731,761,908,932]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">
|
||
1
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDCFFB3FAF56E96F8B63096" bold="true" box="[743,761,908,932]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">V</emphasis>
|
||
</date>
|
||
; inner metatarsal tubercle small, oval, prominent; outer one low, almost indistinct.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFDCFFB3F8DB6EC9FF2537DA" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDCFFB3F8DB6EC9FBE830DE" bold="true" box="[201,423,979,1004]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Colouration in life</emphasis>
|
||
. Skin more or less translucent. Dorsum and dorsal surface of head and limbs dark green (
|
||
<figureCitation id="F5E5F3CAFFDCFFB3F88C6EEDFA91373D" box="[158,222,1015,1039]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="11.[151,250,1898,1921]" captionTargetBox="[153,1434,193,1876]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[153,1434,193,1877]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 4. Hyperolius acuticeps Chongoni, Malawi, photo V. Mercurio (A); H. adspersus Bateka Nature Reserve, Gabon, photo G. Jongsma (B); H. benguellensis, Humpata, Angola, photo A. Channing (C); H. friedemanni sp. nov., Karonga, Malawi, photo V. Mercurio (D); H. howelli sp. nov. holotype, SAIAB 118979, Arusha, Tanzania, photo A. Channing (E); H. howelli sp. nov. female paratype, SAIAB 118980 - 1, Arusha, Tanzania, photo A. Channing (F)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/215987/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Fig 4</figureCitation>
|
||
); lateral sides of head and scapular region dark green; light, yellowish-white, moderately broad dorsolateral stripe running along each side of the body from snout tip, over the eye to vent; Pale paravertebral stripes originating on posterior of snout, diverging to level of eyes, and then running parallel to vent; small dark brown to black dots and on dorsum, most densely bordering both sides of dorsolateral stripes; distal portions of fingers and toes, especially the tips, yellow; ventral side and parts of dorsal side of thigh and upper arm largely unpigmented but with irregular dark spots, appearing bluish-green; peritoneum white, shining through the translucent belly skin. Iris reddish-brown.
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDCFFB3F96669D5F8F237DA" bold="true" box="[372,701,1231,1256]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Colouration in preservative</emphasis>
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. All colours have faded to yellow; gular flap whitish-yellow.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFDCFFB3F8DB69E9F868364A" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">
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<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDCFFB3F8DB69E9FB78363E" bold="true" box="[201,311,1267,1292]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Variation</emphasis>
|
||
. The female ZMB 77271 is similar to the male in measurements (Appendix 2). The female is larger than the male (SUL 23.5). Colouration is variable; ZMB 77271 has a pale green dorsum with irregular darker marks, and yellow eyelids, with fingers and toes also yellow, and a white underside. AC 3073 has pale dorsolateral stripes on a dark green background.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFDCFFB3F8DB689EF86A36AE" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,1977]" box="[201,549,1412,1436]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">
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||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDCFFB3F8DB689EFBE736AE" bold="true" box="[201,424,1412,1436]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Eggs and tadpoles.</emphasis>
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||
Unknown.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFDCFFB3F8DB68BDF8493562" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">
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||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDCFFB3F8DB68BDFB6A36F2" bold="true" box="[201,293,1447,1472]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Habitat</emphasis>
|
||
. We found the species only in open grassy habitats, along stream banks and man-made impoundments where sedges and other tall emergent vegetation were present (Humpata, Bicuar NP). Specimens were observed on leaves and stems of vegetation between
|
||
<quantity id="AA2642AAFFDCFFB3FA7268EAF8D6353A" box="[608,665,1520,1544]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" unit="cm" value="5.0">5 cm</quantity>
|
||
and 1.0 m above water level. Males called from elevated positions. The following species were found sympatrically or even syntopically with the new species:
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFDCFFB3FD326B0EFB6F3562" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="marmoratus">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDCFFB3FD326B0EFB6F3562" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Hyperolius marmoratus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFDCFFB3F9446B23FBB13562" box="[342,510,1592,1616]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Xenopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laevis">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDCFFB3F9446B23FBB13562" box="[342,510,1592,1616]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Xenopus laevis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="25C4BCC4FFDCFFB3F8DB6B46FEFA348A" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" type="discussion">
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||
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFDCFFB3F8DB6B46F82535AA" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDCFFB3F8DB6B46FB793546" bold="true" box="[201,310,1628,1652]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Remarks</emphasis>
|
||
. The species is confirmed using molecular data from Rundu in the Caprivi Strip of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="15C9AFDFFFDCFFB3FD266B46FFD73546" box="[1332,1432,1628,1652]" name="Namibia" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Namibia</collectingCountry>
|
||
, northern
|
||
<collectingCountry id="15C9AFDFFFDCFFB3F8EE6B9BFB2235AA" box="[252,365,1665,1688]" name="Botswana" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Botswana</collectingCountry>
|
||
, and southern
|
||
<collectingCountry id="15C9AFDFFFDCFFB3FA026B9AF82935AA" box="[528,614,1664,1688]" name="Angola" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Angola</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFDCFFB3F8DB6BBEFF4535D2" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">
|
||
The
|
||
<typeStatus id="B26551EDFFDCFFB3F9136BBFFB7E358F" box="[257,305,1701,1725]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFDCFFB3F9D16BBFF8CC358E" box="[451,643,1700,1724]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="benguellensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDCFFB3F9D16BBFF8CC358E" box="[451,643,1700,1724]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">H. benguellensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is Caota,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="15C9AFDFFFDCFFB3FB166BBEF915358E" box="[772,858,1700,1724]" name="Angola" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Angola</collectingCountry>
|
||
. The
|
||
<typeStatus id="B26551EDFFDCFFB3FBB06BBFF99D358F" box="[930,978,1701,1725]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">type</typeStatus>
|
||
series (MBL 17.220-223; now Museu Bocage, National Museum of Natural History, University of Lisbon) has been destroyed (Frost 2011).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="6D61EF4FFFDCFFB3F8DB6BF6FEFA348A" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">
|
||
Our specimens agree with the original description of a sharp snout and small dorsal speckles. The specimens from Humpata show a range of colour patterns, from a uniform finely spotted dorsum, to pale dorsolateral stripes, to dorsolateral and paravertebral stripes. This variation was absent from the
|
||
<typeStatus id="B26551EDFFDCFFB3FBE06A2FFE6D347F" box="[1010,1058,1845,1869]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">type</typeStatus>
|
||
description. The genetic material is from the same drainage basin as the
|
||
<typeStatus id="B26551EDFFDCFFB3FA676A43F8E63443" box="[629,681,1881,1905]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">type</typeStatus>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AADE94CCFFDCFFB3FAAB6A42F9813442" box="[697,974,1880,1904]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oxyrhynchus">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FAA335DFFDCFFB3FAAB6A42F9813442" box="[697,974,1880,1904]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Hyperolius oxyrhynchus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is regarded as a synonym as the
|
||
<typeStatus id="B26551EDFFDCFFB3FD796A43FFD43443" box="[1387,1435,1881,1905]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">type</typeStatus>
|
||
description matches this species. The species is presently only confirmed from southern
|
||
<collectingCountry id="15C9AFDFFFDCFFB3FC7D6A66FE8B34A6" box="[1135,1220,1916,1940]" name="Angola" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Angola</collectingCountry>
|
||
, northern
|
||
<collectingCountry id="15C9AFDFFFDCFFB3FD266A66FFD834A6" box="[1332,1431,1916,1940]" name="Namibia" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Namibia</collectingCountry>
|
||
, and northern
|
||
<collectingCountry id="15C9AFDFFFDCFFB3F93E6ABBFBD1348A" box="[300,414,1953,1976]" name="Botswana" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Botswana</collectingCountry>
|
||
. We suggest that the conservation status Least Concern be maintained.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |