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Reed Frog (
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Material (
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(no number x2), Cuchi River gorge, -14.59000° 16.90758°, 
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asl; 
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A12666, Cubango River campsite 1 below rapids, west of Fundo village, -13.04790° 16.37896°, 
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asl. 
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Small reed frog; sharp but truncated snout, with small to no anterior protrusion; pedal webbing formula: 
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(1), 
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i/e (1– 0.5), 
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(1–0.5), 
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(1–1), 
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(0.75). Dorsum green with white dorso-lateral stripes (mostly males) or uniformly green with scattered brown spots (mostly females); ventrum transparent. Males with yellow gular disc. Single adult female measured 
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Found on margins of rivers and in wetlands. Restricted to the western side of the study area, associated with the Cubango River system. 
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In the most recent revision of the 
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-complex, 16 species have been recognized (Channing et al. 2013). At least four species are expected to occur in 
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(Channing et al. 2013; 
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; 
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, 
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, 
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, and 
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<emphasis id="F98AEA8C00313F5E88A1635FFEEB018A" box="[141,291,1908,1932]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="31">H. dartevellei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Two clear morphotypes exist based on the general snout shape: sharp (
<taxonomicName id="0CFE4D1D00313F5E89CC63BEFDA601AA" baseAuthorityName="Bocage" baseAuthorityYear="1893" box="[480,622,1940,1964]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="benguellensis">
<emphasis id="F98AEA8C00313F5E89CC63BEFDA601AA" box="[480,622,1940,1964]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="31">benguellensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group) and rounded (
<taxonomicName id="0CFE4D1D00313F5E8B51669FFC0504CA" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1865" box="[893,973,693,716]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nasutus">
<emphasis id="F98AEA8C00313F5E8B51669FFC0504CA" box="[893,973,693,716]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="31">nasutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group). Of the sharp snouted form, we distinguished between two morphotypes in southeastern 
<collectingCountry id="B3E9760E00313F5E8B3B66DEFCA0050A" box="[791,872,756,780]" name="Angola" pageId="12" pageNumber="31">Angola</collectingCountry>
: the ‘shark’-like profile (
<emphasis id="F98AEA8C00313F5E8CA966DFFA88050A" box="[1157,1344,756,780]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="31">
<taxonomicName id="0CFE4D1D00313F5E8CA966DFFAF4050A" baseAuthorityName="Bocage" baseAuthorityYear="1893" box="[1157,1340,756,780]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="benguellensis">H. benguellensis</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
this species account) and the acutely pointed snout, with a distinct protruding tip (
<taxonomicName id="0CFE4D1D00313F5E8C1A671FFB2D054A" authorityName="Channing" authorityYear="2013" box="[1078,1253,820,844]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="inyangae">
<emphasis id="F98AEA8C00313F5E8C1A671FFB81054A" box="[1078,1097,821,844]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="31">H</emphasis>
. cf. 
<emphasis id="F98AEA8C00313F5E8CA9671FFB2D054A" box="[1157,1253,821,844]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="31">inyangae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, see species account below). These identifications were confirmed by comparing 16S rRNA barcodes (W. Conradie, unpub. data) to published sequences (
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). The remaining material is assigned to the 
<taxonomicName id="0CFE4D1D00313F5E8C86679FFB3205CA" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1865" box="[1194,1274,949,972]" class="Amphibia" family="Hyperoliidae" genus="Hyperolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nasutus">
<emphasis id="F98AEA8C00313F5E8C86679FFB3205CA" box="[1194,1274,949,972]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="31">nasutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group (see species account below). However, it must be noted that these little green frogs have been the subject of rigorous taxonomic debate over the years due to their cryptic nature, molecular and morphological similarity, and substantial geographic overlaps (see 
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for overview). The taxonomic status of Angolan species belonging to these groups needs to be assessed in a broad-scale phylogenetic study.
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