Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Arthroleptis pyrrhoscelis Laurent, 1952, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 46: 28. Holotype: MRAC unnumbered by original designation. Type locality: "Haute Lubitshako, 1.900-2.000 m., Terr. de Fizi, Kivu", eastern Dem. Rep. Congo.

Schoutedenella pyrrhoscelis — Laurent, 1954, Ann. Mus. R. Congo Belge, Tervuren, Ser. Quarto, Sci. Zool., 1: 37. Laurent in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 19; Laurent and Fabrezi, 1986 "1985", Alytes, 4: 92.

Arthroleptis pyrrhoscelis — Laurent, 1957, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 56: 274-275. by implication; Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 336.

English Names

Kivu Screeching Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 37).

Distribution

Montane grasslands in southern Kivu Province (Itombwe and Kabobo highlands), Dem. Rep. Congo.

Comment

See statement of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 610.

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