Petropedetes dutoiti (Loveridge, 1935)
Arthroleptides dutoiti Loveridge, 1935, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 79: 17. Holotype: MCZ 19864, by original designation. Type locality: "Koitobos (Koitobross) River, eastern slopes of Mount Elgon, Kenya Colony at about 7,200 feet".
Petropedetes dutoiti — Scott, 2005, Cladistics, 21: 533. by implication.
English Names
Kenya Rocky River Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 98).
Elgon Montane Torrent Frog (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 111).
Mt. Elgon Torrent Frog (Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 259).
Du Toit's Torrent Frog (Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 468).
Distribution
Rocky montane streams of Mount Elgon, Kenya; expected in adjacent Uganda.
Comment
See account by Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 259-260 (as Arthroleptides dutoiti). See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Arthroleptides dutoiti) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 468.
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