Hyperolius mitchelli Loveridge, 1953
Hyperolius puncticulatus mitchelli Loveridge, 1953, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 110: 360. Holotype: MCZ 27272, by original designation. Type locality: "a banana grove almost on shore of Lake Nyasa, a few miles north of Mtimbuka, which is 14 miles north of Fort Johnston, Nyasaland [= Malawi]".
Hyperolius mitchelli — Schiøtz, 1975, Treefrogs E. Afr.: 151.
English Names
Mitchell's Reed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 67; Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 165; Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 170; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 252).
Distribution
Northeastern Tanzania to Malawi and central Mozambique.
Comment
See comment under Hyperolius rubrovermiculatus. See accounts by Poynton and Broadley, 1987, Ann. Natal Mus., 28: 203-204, Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 165-166, Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 170-171, Pickersgill, 2007, Frog Search: 338-341, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 252-253. Mercurio, 2011, Amph. Malawi: 168-171, provided an account for Malawi.
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