Hyperolius semidiscus Hewitt, 1927
Hyperolius horstockii semidiscus Hewitt, 1927, Rec. Albany Mus., 3: 410. Syntypes: AMG by original designation (now in PEM). Type locality: "Marianhill, [KwaZulu-]Natal", Rep. South Africa.
Hyperolius semidiscus — Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 185.
English Names
Arum Frog (Hewitt, 1937, Guide Vert. Fauna E. Cape Province, Rept. Amph. Fishes: 113).
Yellow-striped Reed Frog (Wager, 1965, Frogs S. Afr.: 198; Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 7; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 244; Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 179).
Yellow-flanked Reed Frog (Van Dijk, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 17: 16).
Hewitt's Reed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 68).
Distribution
Coastal Rep. South Africa from southeastern Transvaal, through KwaZulu-Natal to soutwestern Eastern Cape Province, Rep. South Africa; eastern Swaziland; presumably to be found in southern Mozambique.
Comment
See comment under Hyperolius argus. Removed from the synonymy of Hyperolius cinctiventris (= Hyperolius marmoratus) by Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 185, where it had been placed by Loveridge, 1941, Ann. Transvaal Mus., 20: 285. See accounts by Lambiris, 1988, Lammergeyer, 39: 137, Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 179, Alexander, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 147-149, Pickersgill, 2007, Frog Search: 362-365, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 266-267.
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