Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Hyperolius rutenbergi Boettger, 1881, Zool. Anz., 4: 47. Type(s): UMB; thought lost by Glaw and Vences, 1992, Fieldguide Amph. Rept. Madagascar: 277. Type locality: "insular Madagascar"; "Bezirk Imerina zwischen 47 und 48° O., L. in ungefähr 19° S.", Madagascar, by H. Ludwig in Boettger, 1882, Abh. Naturwiss. Ver. Bremen, 7: 178.

Rappia rutenbergi — Boulenger, 1882, Zool. Rec., 18: 14. by implication.

Rappia rutenbergii — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 126. Incorrect subsequent spelling.

Hyperolius rutenbergi — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 420.

Heterixalus rutenbergi — Blommers-Schlösser, 1982, Beaufortia, 32: 1, 10.

English Names

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

Distribution

Swamps in moorland in central Madagascar, 1200-1500 m elevation.

Comment

Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 102, provided an account. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 617.

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