Arthroleptis fichika Blackburn, 2009
Arthroleptis fichika Blackburn, 2009, Breviora, 517: 4. Holotype: MCZA-138384, by original designation. Type locality: "Republic of Tanzania, Tanga Region, West Usambara Mountains, Mazumbai Forest Reserve, 04°49′45″S, 038°30′46″E (WGS datum), 1,383 m elevation".
English Names
Hidden Squeaker Frog (original publication).
Distribution
Forests of the West Usambara and North Pare Mountains, Tanga Region, Tanzania.
Comment
Most closely related to Arthroleptis kidogo, and with that species, the closest relative of a group composed of Arthroleptis schubotzi, Arthroleptis xenodactylus, and Arthroleptis xenodactyloides. Loader, Poynton, Lawson, Blackburn, and Menegon, 2011, Fieldiana, Life Earth Sci., 4: 93, noted that an unnamed cryptic species occures in the South Pare Mountains, and provided a provisional record for the North Pare Mountains of Tanzania.
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