Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Arthroleptis xenodactylus Boulenger, 1909, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 8, 4: 496. Holotype: BMNH 1909.10.19.16, according to Laurent in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 20. Type locality: "Amani", Usambara Mountains, Tanzania.

Arthroleptis (Arthroleptulus) xenodactylus — Laurent, 1941 "1940", Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 34: 87.

Schoutedenella xenodactyla — Laurent, 1954, Ann. Mus. R. Congo Belge, Tervuren, Ser. Quarto, Sci. Zool., 1: 38.

Arthroleptis xenodactylus — Laurent, 1957, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 56: 274-275. by implication; Gorham, 1974, Checklist World Amph.: 130; 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

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

Eastern Squeaker (Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 61).

Distribution

Montane forest in eastern Tanzania (East Usambaras, Ulugurus, Udzungwas, and Mount Rungwe); Pemba I.

Comment

Attribution of a wide range for this species by some authors is based on apparent misidentifications (J.C. Poynton in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 20). See comment under Arthroleptis xenochirus. Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 61-62, provided a brief account. Pickersgill, 2007, Frog Search: 315-316, provided an account and comments. Frétey, 2008, Alytes, 25: 99-172, summarized the literature. Rödder, Weinsheimer, and Lötters, 2010, Zootaxa, 2426: 54-60, discussed niche modeling with respect to climate and range change.

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