Hyperolius minutissimus Schiøtz, 1975
Hyperolius minutissimus Schiøtz, 1975, Treefrogs E. Afr.: 167. Holotype: ZMUC R079213, by original designation. Type locality: "10 miles west of Njombe, Tanzania".
English Names
Tiny Reed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 67).
Dwarf Reed Frog (Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 169).
Distribution
Open windswept grasslands of southern Tanzania in the Udzungwa Mountains and from the Njombe area of the Southern Highlands, above 1800 m elevation.
Comment
Most similar to Hyperolius spinigularis according to the original publication. See comments by Schiøtz and Westergaard, 2000, Steenstrupia, 25: 8. Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 169-170, and Pickersgill, 2007, Frog Search: 371-372, provided accounts. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 286.
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