Leptopelis vermiculatus (Boulenger, 1909)
Hylambates vermiculatus Boulenger, 1909, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 8, 4: 497. Holotype: BMNH, by original designation. Type locality: "Amani", Usambara Mountains, Tanzania.
Leptopelis vermiculatus — Barbour and Loveridge, 1928, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 50: 238.
Leptopelis signifer Ahl, 1929, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1929: 216. Syntypes: ZMB (3 specimens) unnumbered, according to the original publication; one of these, MCZ 17530 (on exchange from ZMB) is likely a paratype, not a syntype (see Barbour and Loveridge, 1946, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 96: 141). Type locality: "Derema", Tanzania. De Witte, 1941, Explor. Parc Natl. Albert, Miss. G.F. de Witte (1933-1935), 33: 102, reported the syntypes ("cotypes") as being from "Urwald zwischen Beni und Mboga". Synonymy by Loveridge, 1933, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 74: 346, and Schiøtz, 1975, Treefrogs E. Afr.: 39. Formerly considered a junior synonym of Leptopelis christyi by Laurent, 1972, Explor. Parc Natl. Virunga, Ser. 2, 22: 50.
English Names
Amani Forest Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 69).
Vermiculated Tree Frog (Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 210).
Distribution
Forests of the East and West Usambara, Nguu, Nguru, Udzungwa, Mahenge, and Poroto mountains, as well as Mount Rungwe, southern Tanzania, 900-1800 m elevation.
Comment
Schiøtz, 1975, Treefrogs E. Afr.: 42, noted that this species is easily confused with Leptopelis flavomaculatus. Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 210-211, provided an account. Loader, Poynton, and Mariaux, 2004, Afr. Zool., 39: 71-76, provided a record for Mahenge Mountain in Tanzania and detailed the range. Pickersgill, 2007, Frog Search: 491-492, provided a brief 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. Menegon, Doggart, and Owen, 2008, Acta Herpetol., Firenze, 3: 107-127, provided a record for the Nguru Mountains of eastern Tanzania.
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