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Callulina kisiwamsitu de Sá, Loader, and Channing, 2004
Nomenclature
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Family: Brevicipitidae Bonaparte, 1850Genus: Callulina Nieden, 1911
Species:
Callulina kisiwamsitu de Sá, Loader, and Channing, 2004
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Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
Mazumbai Warty Frog
Language:
English
SUMMARY
The species Callulina kreffti was based on specimens collected in the East Usambara Mountains of Tanzania. Successive collecting has shown this species to be widely distributed through the Eastern Arc Mountains. Advertisement calls from populations in the type locality of Callulina kreffti were compared with calls from populations in the West Usambara Mountains. Analysis of the calls suggested that these two populations of Callulina represent two separate taxa. Subsequent morphological and molecular investigations indicated that these two populations are distinct.
