Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Phrynobatrachus acutirostris Nieden, 1912 "1913", Wissenschaft. Ergebn. Deutschen Zentral Afr. Exped., 4: 173. Holotype: Presumably ZMB. Type locality: "Rugegewald", Lake Region of Central Africa.

Hylarthroleptis acutirostris — Ahl, 1925 "1923", Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1923: 103.

Phrynobatrachus acutirostris — Deckert, 1938, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1938: 160.

English Names

Rugegewald River Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 103).

Distribution

Lake Region (imprecise) of eastern Dem. Rep. Congo, Burundi, and Rwanda.

Comment

See De Witte, 1941, Explor. Parc Natl. Albert, Miss. G.F. de Witte (1933-1935), 33: 70-73, for review. Frétey, 2008, Alytes, 25: 99-172, summarized the literature. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 470, who commented on the imprecisely delimited range. In species group A of Zimkus, Rödel, and Hillers, 2010, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 55: 883-900.

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