Afrixalus uluguruensis (Barbour and Loveridge, 1928)
Megalixalus uluguruensis Barbour and Loveridge, 1928, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 50: 231. Holotype: MCZ 13311, by original designation. Type locality: "Vituri, Uluguru Mountains, Tanganyika Territory [= Tanzania]".
Afrixalus ulugurensis — Guibé, 1948, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 2, 20: 500. by implication; Laurent and Combaz, 1950, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 43: 269-280.
English Names
Uluguru Banana Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 66).
Distribution
High altitude ponds in the Uluguru, Nguu, Mahenge, and Udzungwa mountains forests as well as coastal Tanzania.
Comment
Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 144-145, 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. See comment under Afrixalus dorsimaculatus. Pickersgill, 2007, Frog Search: 463. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Afrixalus sylvaticus) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 282, in which they doubted the coastal records.
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