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Phrynobatrachus anotis Schmidt and Inger, 1959

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Phrynobatrachidae > Genus: Phrynobatrachus

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Phrynobatrachus anotis Schmidt and Inger, 1959, Explor. Parc Natl. Upemba, Miss. G.F. de Witte, 56: 139. Holotype: IRSNB 1.393 (formerly Institut des Parcs Nationaux Congo Belge 1958) according to Lang, 1990, Doc. Trav., Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg., 59: 11. Type locality: "Lusinga, 1810 m, Parc National de l'Upemba, Katanga [= Shaba], Belgian Congo [=Dem. Rep. Congo]".

English Names

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

Distribution

Parc National de l'Upemba, Shaba, Dem. Rep. Congo.

Comment

Frétey, 2008, Alytes, 25: 99-172, summarized the literature. Not addressed by Zimkus, Rödel, and Hillers, 2010, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 55: 883-900, so not assigned to species group.

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