Afrixalus clarkei Largen, 1974
Afrixalus clarkei Largen, 1974, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 5: 116. Holotype: BMNH 1973.2852, by original designation. Type locality: "West of Bonga, Kaffa Province, 1800 m. a.s.l. (07° 14′ N—35° 58′ E)", Ethiopia.
Afrixalus clarkeorum — Largen, 2001, Tropical Zool., 14: 356. Unjustified emendation by implication of Dubois, 2007, Zootaxa, 1550: 49-68.
English Names
Clarke's Banana Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 65).
Distribution
Known only from elevations of 820-1800 m in tropical deciduous forest in southwestern Ethiopia in the vicinity of Bonga and Bodare.
Comment
Largen, 2001, Tropical Zool., 14: 356, commented on distribution. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Afrixalus clarkeorum) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 280. See account, photograph, and map for Ethiopia by Largen and Spawls, 2010, Amph. Rept. Ethiopia Eritrea: 107-108
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