Leptopelis fiziensis Laurent, 1973
Leptopelis modestus fiziensis Laurent, 1973, Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Cent., Tervuren, Ser. Octavo, Sci. Zool., 202: 39. Holotype: MRAC 113175, by original designation. Type locality: "Mokanga, alt. 1.170 m, Terr. de Fizi, Kivu", eastern Dem. Rep. Congo.
Leptopelis fiziensis — Schiøtz, 1975, Treefrogs E. Afr.: 28. Schiøtz, 1999, Treefrogs Afr.: 271.
English Names
Mokanga Forest Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 69).
Fizi Tree Frog (Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 200).
Distribution
Forests around Lake Tanganyika in eastern Dem. Rep. Congo and western Tanzania; likely to be found in Burundi.
Comment
Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 200-201, provided an account. Greenbaum, Portillo, and Kusamba, 2012, Afr. J. Herpetol., 61: 113-127, suggested on the basis of molecular evidence that this is the sister species of Leptopelis karissembensis and that the populations in Tanzania and those on the west side of Lake Tanganyika in the Dem. Rep. Congo may not be conspecific.
External Links
Please note: these links will take you to external websites not affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History. We are not responsible for their content.
- For additional sources of information from other sites search Google
- For images search Arkive, CalPhoto Images and Google Images
- To search the NIH genetic sequence database, see GenBank
- For information aggregation from other sites and some original accounts see AmphibiaWeb report
- For further information on conservation status and distribution see the IUCN Redlist
- For related information on conservation and images as well as observation see iNaturalist;
- for a quick link to their maps see iNaturalist KML
