Original Articles

A new cryptic Dainty Frog from East Africa (Anura: Ranidae: Cacosternum)

Published in: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa
Volume 54 , issue 2 , 2005 , pages: 139–148

DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2005.9635527

Author(s): Alan Channing , , University of the Western Cape, South Africa , Caroline Brun , , Neuroscience Research Building 1, USA , Marius Burger , , University of the Western Cape, South Africa , Severine Febvre , , University of the Western Cape, South Africa , David Moyer Wildlife Conservation Society, Tanzania

Keywords: Anura , Ranidae , Cacosternum , new species , Tanzania , Kenya

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Abstract

We describe a new species of dainty frog in the genus Cacosternum (Ranidae) from East Africa. It is similar morphologically to Cacosternum boettgeri from the interior of southern Africa, and is distinguished on the basis of an advertisement call with double or treble pulsed notes. Skeletal and DNA sequence differences support the species status of this taxon. It is known from northern Tanzania and the highlands of Kenya.

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