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Hyperolius rhodesianus Laurent, 1948

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hyperoliidae > Genus: Hyperolius

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Hyperolius marmoratus rhodesianus Laurent, 1948 "1947", Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 11, 14: 294. Holotype: BMNH 1937.1.5.1, by original designation. Type locality: "Matetsi, Rhodesia [= Zimbabwe]". Laurent, 1965, Breviora, 216: 2; Poynton and Broadley, 1987, Ann. Natal Mus., 28: 220.

Hyperolius rhodesianus — Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 201. Wieczorek, Drewes, and Channing, 2000, J. Biogeograph., 27: 1235; Wieczorek, Drewes, and Channing, 2001, Amphibia-Reptilia, 22: 159.

Hyperolius marginatus rhodesianus — Laurent, 1976, Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Cent., Tervuren, Ser. Octavo, Sci. Zool., 213: 96.

English Names

Laurent's Reed Frog (Lambiris, 1990 "1989", Monogr. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 10: 181; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 264).

Distribution

Extreme western Zimbabwe; presumably to be found in adjacent Zambia and Botswana.

Comment

See account by Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 264-265.

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