| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Authors: | J. Köhler, Scheelke, K., Schick, S., Veith, M., Lötters, S. |
| Journal: | African Zoology |
| Volume: | 40 |
| Pagination: | 127-142 |
| Date Published: | Apr 05 |
| Abstract: | Detailed advertisement call descriptions are provided for 12 species of hyperoliid frogs (Afrixalus dorsalis, A. osorioi, A. paradorsalis, A. quadrivittatus, Hyperolius cystocandicans, H. glandicolor H. langi, H. montanus, H. phantasticus, H. puncticulatus, Leptopelis christyi, Phlyctimantis cf. boulengeri) from different localities in East Africa and Gabon. The call of each species is figured in a spectrogram and waveform. East African populations of frogs of the Afrixalus fulvovittatus complex are considered to represent A. quadrivittatus (formerly a junior synonym of A. fulvovittatus). Its advertisement call differs significantly from West African populations reported as A. vittiger. The allocation of green and golden colour morphs from Mount Kenya to the species H. cystocandicans is confirmed by bioacoustics. The presence of H. kuligae in East Africa (Uganda) is doubted. Based on morphological comparisons with type specimens, calls of Phlyctimantis recorded in Gabon are tentatively referred to R boulengeri. The species is supposed to occur in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of Congo according to advertisement call comparisons. West African populations of Phlyctimantis may represent an undescribed species. |
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Contribution to the taxonomy of hyperoliid frogs (Amphibia: Anura: Hyperoliidae): advertisement calls of twelve species from East and Central Africa
Taxonomic name:
Afrixalus "quadrivittatus" Pickersgill, 2007 (Amphibians), Afrixalus "quadrivittatus" Pickersgill, 2007 (Amphibians), Afrixalus dorsalis (Peters, 1875) (Amphibians), Afrixalus dorsalis leptosomus — Perret, 1976 (Amphibians), Afrixalus fulvovittatus (Cope, 1861) (Amphibians), Afrixalus fulvovittatus brevipalmatus — Perret, 1976 (Amphibians), Afrixalus fulvovittatus leptosomus — Laurent, 1950 (Amphibians), Afrixalus osorioi (Ferreira, 1906) (Amphibians), Afrixalus paradorsalis Perret, 1960 (Amphibians), Afrixalus quadrivittatus (Werner, 1908) (Amphibians), Hyperolius balfouri (Werner, 1908) (Amphibians), Hyperolius cystocandicans Richards and Schiøtz, 1977 (Amphibians), Hyperolius fulvovittatus leptosoma — Perret, 1960 (Amphibians), Hyperolius glandicolor Peters, 1878 (Amphibians), Hyperolius kuligae Mertens, 1940 (Amphibians), Phlyctimantis boulengeri Perret, 1986 (Amphibians), Hyperolius langi Noble, 1924 (Amphibians), Hyperolius montanus (Angel, 1924) (Amphibians), Hyperolius phantasticus (Boulenger, 1899) (Amphibians), Hyperolius puncticulatus (Pfeffer, 1893) (Amphibians), Leptopelis christyi (Boulenger, 1912) (Amphibians), Phlyctimantis boulengeri Perret, 1986 (Amphibians)