Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Callixalus Laurent, 1950, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 44: 5. Type species: Callixalus pictus Laurent, 1950, by original designation.

English Names

African Painted Frogs (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 66).

Distribution

Itombwe and Kabobo highlands of eastern Dem. Rep. Congo, and in mountains of western Rwanda, never below 2100 m elevation.

Comment

See Schiøtz, 1999, Treefrogs Afr.: 87-88, for account.

Contained taxa

• Callixalus pictus Laurent, 1950

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