Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Rana neumanni Ahl, 1924, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 11: 4. Syntypes: 35 syntypes noted in original publication; apparently including ZMB 26879 (3 specimens), and MCZ 22331-32 (according to Barbour and Loveridge, 1946, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 96: 184). Restricted to ZMB 26879 (3 specimens) by inference of restricted type locality and action of Largen, 2001, Tropical Zool., 14: 340. Type locality: "Didda", "Somaliland", "Gadat (Gofa)", and "Ufa"; restricted to "Gadat (Gofa), Sud Ethiopia" by Perret, 1980, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 13: 157. Largen, 2001, Tropical Zool., 14: 340 noted thatZMB 26877 and 26878A-T are referrable to Ptychadena nana.

Ptychadena neumanni — Perret, 1980, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 13: 157. Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 56; by implication

Rana (Ptychadena) neumanni — Dubois, 1981, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 15: 233. by implication.

Ptychadena (Ptychadena) neumanni — Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 316.

Ptychadena largeni Perret, 1994, Bull. Soc. Neuchatel. Sci. Nat., 117: 67. Holotype: MHNG 2513.31, by original designation. Type locality: "Addis Ababa, Shewa (Shoa) 09° 02 N 38° 45 E, alt. 2500 m", Ethiopia. Synonymy by Largen, 2001, Tropical Zool., 14: 340.

English Names

Neumann's Grassland Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 105).

Neumann's Grass Frog (Largen and Spawls, 2010, Amph. Rept. Ethiopia Eritrea: 189).

Distribution

Ethiopian Plateau, 820-3800 m elevation, .

Comment

See comment under Ptychadena nana. Largen, 2001, Tropical Zool., 14: 338-339, discussed distribution and the difficulty in separating Ptychadena erlangeri and Ptychadena neumanni by external morphology alone. See discussion by Largen, 2001, Tropical Zool., 14: 340-342. See account, photograph, and map for Ethiopia by Largen and Spawls, 2010, Amph. Rept. Ethiopia Eritrea: 188-190, who suggested that this name represents a complex of species of which Ptychadena largeni is only questionably separated.

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