Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Cassina obscura Boulenger, 1895 "1894", Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1894: 644. Holotype: BMNH. Type locality: "Let Marefia, Shoa", Ethiopia.

Paracassina obscura — Peracca, 1907, Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. Comp. Univ. Torino, 22 (553): 3.

Kassina obscura — Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 330. Perret, 1958, Bull. Inst. Franç. Afr. Noire, Ser. A, 20: 1438.

Rothschildia obscura — Parker, 1930, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1930: 4.

Mocquardia obscura — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 460.

Kassina obscura obscura — Largen, 1975, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 6: 18.

Tornierella obscura — Drewes and Roth, 1981, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 72: 268.

Kassina (Paracassina) obscura — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 38.

English Names

Ethiopia Striped Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 69).

Boulenger's Mountain Kassina (Largen and Spawls, 2010, Amph. Rept. Ethiopia Eritrea: 130).

Distribution

Ethiopian highlands, west of the Rift Valley, generally 2500-3000 m elevation, although as low as 820 m in some areas.

Comment

Largen, 2001, Tropical Zool., 14: 356, commented on distribution. See account, photograph, and map for Ethiopia by Largen and Spawls, 2010, Amph. Rept. Ethiopia Eritrea: 129-131.

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