Leptopelis uluguruensis Barbour and Loveridge, 1928
Leptopelis uluguruensis Barbour and Loveridge, 1928, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 50: 235. Holotype: MCZ 13586, by original designation. Type locality: "Nyange, Uluguru Mountains, Tanganyika Territory [= Tanzania]".
Leptopelis amaniensis Ahl, 1929, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1929: 197. Syntypes: ZMB (2 specimens) unnumbered according to the original publication. Type locality: "Amani", Tanzania. Synonymy by Synonymy by Schiøtz, 1975, Treefrogs E. Afr.: 46.
Leptopelis grandiceps Ahl, 1929, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1929: 207. Syntypes: ZMB (2 specimens) unnumbered, according to the original publication. Type locality: "Deutsch-Ost-Afrika (Amani)", Tanzania. Synonymy by Schiøtz, 1975, Treefrogs E. Afr.: 46.
Leptopelis tanganus Ahl, 1929, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1929: 221. Holotype: ZMB unnumbered, according to the original publication. MCZ 17529 (on exchange from ZMB) considered a 'cotype' by Barbour and Loveridge, 1946, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 96: 141, presumably this is a paratype. Type locality: "Tanga", Tanzania. Synonymy by Loveridge, 1933, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 74: 346.
Leptopelis usambarae Ahl, 1929, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1929: 205. Holotype: ZMB unnumbered, according to the original publication. Type locality: "Usambara", Tanzania. Synonymy by Schiøtz, 1975, Treefrogs E. Afr.: 46.
Leptopelis (Heteropelis) uluguruensis — Laurent, 1941, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 35: 101.
Leptopelis (Heteropelis) usambarae — Laurent, 1941, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 35: 101.
English Names
Uluguru Forest Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 69).
Uluguru Tree Frog (Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 209).
Distribution
Forests of the Eastern Arc chain in eastern Tanzania, including the East Usambara, Nguu, Nguru, Udzungwa (see comment), and Uluguru mountains, Tanzania.
Comment
Schiøtz, 1999, Treefrogs Afr.: 281, doubted the Udzungwa Mountain record of this species. Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 209-210, provided an account. 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: 291.
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