Heleophryne regis Hewitt, 1910
Heleophryne regis Hewitt, 1910 "1909", Ann. Transvaal Mus., 2: 45. Holotype: TMP 10093, according to Boycott, 1982, Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), 14: 89-108. Type locality: "Knysna", Western Cape Province, Rep. South Africa.
Heleophryne purcelli regis — Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 39.
Heleophryne regis — Boycott, 1982, Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), 14: 89-108.
English Names
Rex's Ghost Frog (Van Dijk, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 17: 14).
Rex's Torrent Frog (Van Dijk, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 17: 14).
Royal Ghost Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 51; Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 115).
Southern Ghost Frog (Boycott, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 106).
Distribution
Eastern part of southern Cape fold mountains, east of the Goritz River valley to the Huis River, Rep. South Africa.
Comment
Elevated from subspecies status under Heleophryne purcelli by Boycott, 1982, Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), 14: 89-108. See accounts by Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 115-117, Boycott, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 106-107, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 210-211.
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