Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Hyperolius quinquevittatus Bocage, 1866, J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat., Lisboa, 1: 56. Syntypes: MBL 24-214 and 24-215 according to Perret, 1976, Arq. Mus. Bocage, Ser. 2, 6: 24; destroyed by 1978 fire, according to R. Laurent in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 216. Type locality: "Duque de Bragança", Angola.

Hyperolius quinquevittatus — Rochebrune, 1884, Fauna Senegambie, Amph.: 26.

Hyperolius mertensi Poynton, 1964, Senckenb. Biol., 45: 220. Holotype: UM 6486, by original designation. Type locality: "Nyika Plateau, Zambia". Synonymy by Broadley, 1971, Puku, 6: 121.

Hyperolius quinquevittatus quinquevittatus — Broadley, 1971, Puku, 6: 121.

Hyperolius quiquevittatus mertensi — Broadley, 1971, Puku, 6: 121.

English Names

Five-lined Sedgefrog (Hyperolius quinquevittatus: Cochran, 1961, Living Amph. World: 134).

Tropical Reed Frog (Hyperolius quinquevittatus: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 68).

Black-striped Sedge Frog (Hyperolius quinquevittatus mertensi: Stewart and Wilson, 1966, Ann. Natal Mus., 18: 305).

Five-striped Reed Frog (Hyperolius quinquevittatus: Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 178; Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 180).

Distribution

Northern Angola, southern Dem. Rep. Congo, southern Tanzania, and northern Zambia and Malawi, and Namuli mountain in northern Mozambique.

Comment

See comment under Hyperolius kivuensis. See short account of subspecies and geographic variation in Poynton and Broadley, 1987, Ann. Natal Mus., 28: 197-199. See also Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 178-179, Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 180-181, and Pickersgill, 2007, Frog Search: 358-360 (who noted confusion with Hyperolius kivuensis multifasciatus). Broadley, 2008, Afr. Herp News, 45: 15, provided the record for Mozambique. Mercurio, 2011, Amph. Malawi: 186-190, provided an account for Malawi.

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