Hyperolius viridis Schiøtz, 1975
Hyperolius viridis Schiøtz, 1975, Treefrogs E. Afr.: 110. Holotype: ZMUC R079491, by original designation. Type locality: "30 miles southwest of Mbeya, Tanzania".
English Names
Green Reed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 68).
Distribution
High grasslands of southwestern Tanzania and eastern Zambia; like to be found in Malawi and southern Dem. Rep. Congo.
Comment
Similar to Hyperolius pusillus according to the original publication. Schiøtz, 2006, Alytes, 24: 61-71, suggested on the basis of examination of types and call structure that the populations associated with the name Hyperolius viridis by Channing, Moyer, and Burger, 2002, Afr. Zool., 37: 91-99, are actually Hyperolius benguellensis (although the type of the latter is now lost). In the Hyperolius nasutus group of Amiet, 2005, Rev. Suisse Zool., 112: 271-310. Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 187-188, provided an account.
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