Arthroleptis reichei Nieden, 1911
Arthroleptis reichei Nieden, 1911 "1910", Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1910: 437. Syntypes: ZMB 21772 and 21780 (total of 4 specimens) according to Laurent in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 15. Type locality: "Kratersee des Ngosi Vulcans", Poroto Mountains, Tanzania.
Abroscaphus reichei — Laurent, 1957, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 56: 274-275. by implication.
English Names
Poroto Screeching Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 37).
Reiche's Squeaker (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 45; Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 52).
Large-toad Squeaker (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 112; Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 45 [alternative name]).
Poroto Mountains Screeching Frog (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 45 [alternative name]).
Distribution
Moist evergreen montane forest in the Poroto, Rungwe, Udzungwa, and Uluguru mountains of Tanzania and the Misuku Hills of northern Malawi, 1500-2000 m elevation.
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