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Callulina Nieden, 1911

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Brevicipitidae > Genus: Callulina

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Callulina Nieden, 1911 "1910", Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1910: 449. Type species: Callulina kreffti Nieden, 1911 "1910", by monotypy.

English Names

Secret Frogs (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 88).

Warty Frogs (Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 221).

Distribution

Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania as well as adjacent Kenya.

Comment

Menegon, Gower, and Loader, 2011, Zootaxa, 3095: 15-26, provided a molecular tree for the species in the genus.

Contained taxa

  • Callulina dawida Loader, Measey, de Sá, and Malonza, 2009
  • Callulina hanseni Loader, Gower, Müller, and Menegon, 2010
  • Callulina kanga Loader, Gower, Müller, and Menegon, 2010
  • Callulina kisiwamsitu de Sá, Loader, and Channing, 2004
  • Callulina kreffti Nieden, 1911
  • Callulina laphami Loader, Gower, Ngalason, and Menegon, 2010
  • Callulina meteora Menegon, Gower, and Loader, 2011
  • Callulina shengena Loader, Gower, Ngalason, and Menegon, 2010
  • Callulina stanleyi Loader, Gower, Ngalason, and Menegon, 2010

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