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Afrixalus upembae (Laurent, 1941)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hyperoliidae > Genus: Afrixalus

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Megalixalus leptosomus upembae Laurent, 1941, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 35: 125. Holotype: MRAC 5982 by original designation. Type locality: "Nyonga (s/Lac Upemba)", Shaba Province, Dem. Rep. Congo.

Megalixalus (Afrixalus) leptosomus upembae — Laurent, 1944, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 38: 113-114.

Afrixalus leptosomus upembae — Guibé, 1948, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 2, 20: 500. by implication.

Hyperolius fulvovittatus upembae — Laurent, 1957, Explor. Parc Natl. Upemba, Miss. G.F. de Witte, 42: 5. Perret, 1966, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 93: 440.

Afrixalus upembae — Perret, 1976, Bull. Soc. Neuchatel. Sci. Nat., 99: 19-28. Schiøtz, 1999, Treefrogs Afr.: 63.

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Savanna in Lower Shaba Province, Dem. Rep. Congo.

Comment

In the Afrixalus fulvovittatus complex according to Schiøtz, 1999, Treefrogs Afr.: 63.

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