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A new stream frog from Tanzania (Anura: Ranidae: Strongylopus)

Published in: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa
Volume 51 , issue 2 , 2002 , pages: 135–142

DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2002.9635469

Author(s): Alan Channing , , University of the Western Cape, South Africa , TimR. B. Davenport Wildlife Conservation Society, Tanzania

Keywords: Anura , Ranidae , Strongylopus kitumbeine , new species , Tanzania , Africa

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Abstract

A new species of stream frog in the genus Strongylopus is described from Kitumbeine Forest, situated on an isolated extinct volcano in northern Tanzania. This species is distinguished from S. merumontanus in Tanzania on the basis of a larger tympanum, differences in webbing, dorsal colour pattern, and a pulsed advertisement call. Also, S. fuelleborni is suggested to be a junior synonym of S. merumontanus.

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