Arthroleptis xenodactyloides Hewitt, 1933
Arthroleptis xenodactyloides Hewitt, 1933, Occas. Pap. Natl. Mus. S. Rhodesia, 2: 49. Syntypes: NMZB (formerly UM) NM/M 2758-61 (5 specimens). Type locality: "Chirinda Forest, about 150 miles south of Umtali, S. Rhodesia, close to the border of Portuguese East Africa", Zimbabwe.
Arthroleptis (Arthroleptulus) xenodactyloides — Laurent, 1941 "1940", Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 34: 87.
Arthroleptis xenodactyloides nkukae Loveridge, 1942, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 91: 427. Holotype: MCZ 17029, by original designation. Type locality: "Nkuka Forest, Rungwe Mountains, Tanganyika Territory [= Tanzania]".
Arthroleptis xenodactyloides nyikae Loveridge, 1953, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 110: 383. Holotype: MCZ 27480, by original designation. Type locality: "foot of first Nchenachena Falls on the Nyika Plateau, about 7000 feet, Nyasaland [Malawi]".
Schoutedenella xenodactyloides xenodactyloides — Laurent, 1954, Ann. Mus. R. Congo Belge, Tervuren, Ser. Quarto, Sci. Zool., 1: 38.
Schoutedenella xenodactyloides nkukae — Laurent, 1954, Ann. Mus. R. Congo Belge, Tervuren, Ser. Quarto, Sci. Zool., 1: 38.
Arthroleptis xenodactyloides xenodactyloides — Laurent, 1957, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 56: 274-275. by implication; Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 162.
Arthroleptis xenodactyloides nyikae — Laurent, 1957, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 56: 274-275. by implication.
Arthroleptis xenodactyloides — 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
Hewitt's Bush Squeaker (Lambiris, 1990 "1989", Monogr. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 10: 137).
Chirinda Cricket Frog (Broadley, 1973, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 10: 23).
Hewitt's Humus Frog (Van Dijk, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 17: 16).
Chirinda Screeching Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 37).
Dwarf Squeaker (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 53; Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 63; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 85).
Eastern Dwarf Squeaker (Measey, Malonza, and Muchai, 2009, Amph. Taita Hills: 24).
Nyika Squeaker (Arthroleptis xenodactyloides nyikae: Stewart and Wilson, 1966, Ann. Natal Mus., 18: 303).
Distribution
Eastern highlands of Zimbabwe and Malawi, central Mozambique, to northeastern Tanzania and the Taita Hills of Kenya; probably in in adjacent Dem. Rep. Congo.
Comment
This species is sympatric with Arthroleptis xenochirus; see comment under Arthroleptis xenochirus. Subspecies are difficult to distinguish against the known variation within the species (J.C. Poynton in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 20). See Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 162-163, and Poynton and Broadley, 1985, Ann. Natal Mus., 26: 542-545, for accounts, discussion of geographic variation, and taxonomic characters. Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 53, Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 63-64, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 85, also provided brief accounts. Pickersgill, 2007, Frog Search: 313-315, also provided an account. Frétey, 2008, Alytes, 25: 99-172, summarized the literature. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 147. Blackburn and Measey, 2009, Mol. Ecol., 18: 1904-1905, reported on the phylogenetics and biogeography of this species. Malonza, Lötters, and Measey, 2010, J. E. Afr. Nat. Hist., 99: 54-55, commented on range, life history, and conservation status in Kenya. Mercurio, 2011, Amph. Malawi: 88-93, provided an account for Malawi. Measey, Malonza, and Muchai, 2009, Amph. Taita Hills: 24-26, provided a very brief account and photo for the Taita Hills, Kenya.
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