Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Megalixalus wittei Laurent, 1941, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 35: 127. Holotype: MRAC 11500, by original designation. Type locality: "Lukafu (Katanga [= Shaba])", Dem. Rep. Congo.

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

Afrixalus wittei — Guibé, 1948, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 2, 20: 500. by implication; Laurent, 1957, Explor. Parc Natl. Upemba, Miss. G.F. de Witte, 42: 5; Broadley, 1971, Puku, 6: 120.

English Names

Witte's Banana Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 66).

De Witte's Spiny Reed Frog (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 143; Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 145).

Witte's Afrixalus (Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 145 [alternative name]).

De Witte's Leaping Frog (Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 145 [alternative name]).

Distribution

Southeastern Dem. Rep. Congo, northeastern Angola, adjacent Tanzania and most of Zambia.

Comment

See Perret, 1976, Arq. Mus. Bocage, Ser. 2, 6: 24, for Angola record. See accounts by Poynton and Broadley, 1987, Ann. Natal Mus., 28: 191-192, and Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 143. Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 145-146, provided an account.

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