Amietia angolensis (Bocage, 1866)
Rana Delalandii Duméril and Bibron, 1841, Erp. Gen., 8: 388. Holotype: MNHNP, by original designation; presumed lost as not mentioned in MNHNP type list. Type locality: "environs du cap de bonne-Espérance", Rep. South Africa. Secondary homonym of Pyxicephalus delalandii Tschudi, 1838 (= Tomopterna delalandii) in Rana. Synonymy by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 50. See discussion of nomenclature by Poynton and Broadley, 1985, Ann. Natal Mus., 27: 132.
Rana angolensis Bocage, 1866, J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat., Lisboa, 1: 73. Syntypes: MBL (2 specimens) by original indication; MBL T. 8-94 designated lectotype by implication by Perret, 1976, Arq. Mus. Bocage, Ser. 2, 6: 18, having listed this syntype as "holotype"; destroyed in 1978 fire. Type locality: "Duque de Bragança", Angola; other specimens and localities listed by Perret, 1976, Arq. Mus. Bocage, Ser. 2, 6: 18, in error.
Rana nyassae Günther, 1893 "1892", Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1892: 558. Holotype: BMNH, by original designation. Type locality: "Shiré Highlands, principally upon Mount Zomba and Mount Milanji", Malawi. Synonymy by Loveridge, 1953, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 110: 329, 365.
Rana Nutti Boulenger, 1896, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 18: 467. Syntypes: BMNH (2 specimens), by original designation; BMNH 1947.22.13 noted as a syntype by Pickersgill, 2007, Frog Search: 77. Type locality: "Lake Tanganyika". Synonymy by De Witte, 1930, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 19: 261; Loveridge, 1933, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 74: 363. (This synonymy disputed by Parker, 1931 "1930", Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1930: 897.)
Rana Theileri Mocquard, 1906, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, 12: 252. Holotype: MNHNP 1905.473 according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 39. Type locality: "Nelpruit (Transvaal)", Rep. South Africa. Synonymy by Boulenger, 1918, Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr., 7: 136; Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 103. Considered a synonym of Rana oxyrhynchus by Loveridge, 1933, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 74: 346.
Rana (Rana) nutti — Procter, 1920, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1920: 412.
Rana chapini Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 214. Holotype: AMNH 11260, by original designation. Type locality: "1° N., 26° 40′ E. . . . . Batama", Dem. Rep. Congo. Synonymy with Rana fuscigula nutti by De Witte, 1941, Explor. Parc Natl. Albert, Miss. G.F. de Witte (1933-1935), 33: 41. Synonymy by Laurent, 1972, Explor. Parc Natl. Virunga, Ser. 2, 22: 90. The synonymy doubted by Poynton and Broadley, 1985, Ann. Natal Mus., 27: 132-134.
Rana fuscigula angolensis — Hewitt, 1927, Rec. Albany Mus., 3: 408. Laurent, 1954, Publ. Cult. Companhia Diamantes Angola, 23: 134 (15 or preprint); Loveridge, 1953, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 110: 132.
Rana delalandi — Scortecci, 1929, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano, 68: 175-192.
Rana (Rana) chapini — De Witte, 1930, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 19: 258.
Rana (Rana) angolensis — De Witte, 1930, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 19: 261. Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 42.
Rana fuscigula chapini — Loveridge, 1933, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 74: 361.
Rana fuscigula nutti — De Witte, 1941, Explor. Parc Natl. Albert, Miss. G.F. de Witte (1933-1935), 33: 46.
Rana (Rana) fuscigula angolensis — Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 34.
Rana angolensis chapini — Laurent, 1972, Explor. Parc Natl. Virunga, Ser. 2, 22: 90.
Rana (Afrana) angolensis — Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 334.
Afrana angolensis — Visser and Channing, 1997, J. Afr. Zool., 111: 192. Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 255.
Amietia angolensis — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 366.
English Names
Common River Frog (Hewitt, 1937, Guide Vert. Fauna E. Cape Province, Rept. Amph. Fishes: 94; Pienaar, 1963, Koedoe, 6: 79; Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 5; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 130; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 396).
Common Rana (Wager, 1965, Frogs S. Afr.: 140; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 130).
Angola River Frog (Broadley, 1971, Puku, 6: 113; Broadley, 1973, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 10: 23; Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 5; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 130; Lambiris, 1990 "1989", Monogr. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 10: 90; Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 255.
Dusky-throated Frog (Stewart and Wilson, 1966, Ann. Natal Mus., 18: 298; Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 5; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 130).
Angola Frog (Van Dijk, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 17: 15; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 106).
Northern Rana (Wrobel, 2004, Elsevier's Dict. Amph.: 4).
Angolan River Frog (Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 250).
Dusky-throated River Frog (Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 250 [alternative name]).
Nutt's Frog (Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 250 [alternative name]).
Chapin's Frog (Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 250 [alternative name]).
Distribution
Mainly upland areas of Ethiopia but extending to Eritrea; eastern Dem. Rep. Congo and adjacent southwestern Uganda and Rwanda and Burundi; eastern Uganda into western Kenya south through eastern and southern Tanzania, thence west through southern Dem. Rep. Congro to most of Angola south and east through Zamba, Malawi, western Mozambique, and Zimbabwe, and south to southern Rep. South Africa (eastern coastal Western Cape Province) and west along the Orange River to the coast in Namibia and Rep. South Africa; Lesotho; Swaziland.
Comment
Prior to the revision of Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297, placed in the Section Strongylopus, subgenus Afrana of Rana of Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 334. See Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 103-107; Perret, 1976, Arq. Mus. Bocage, Ser. 2, 6: 15-34; and Channing, 1978, Ann. Natal Mus., 23: 361-365, for diagnosis. See comment under Afrana fuscigula. Poynton and Broadley, 1985, Ann. Natal Mus., 27: 132-134, provided an account and doubted the earlier synonymy of Rana chapini Noble, 1924, by Laurent, 1972, Explor. Parc Natl. Virunga, Ser. 2, 22: 90. See also Lambiris, 1988, Lammergeyer, 39: 89-90. See discussion by Loveridge, 1933, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 74: 362-364, regarding races. Containing many cryptic species according to Drewes and Vindum, 1994, J. Afr. Zool., 108: 65. See Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 255-256, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.:396-397, for account of southern African population. See Largen, 2001, Tropical Zool., 14: 331-332, for comments on distribution. Bauer and Branch, 2001, Herpetol. Nat. Hist., 8: 124-125, commented on confusion with Rana fuscigula and range in western South Africa. ( Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 250-252, provided an account for East Africa (as Afrana angolensis). Channing, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 270-271 (as Afrana angolensis) provided an account for South Africa. See also accounts by Pickersgill, 2007, Frog Search: 98-101, and Lötters, Wagner, Bwong, Schick, Malonza, Muchai, Wasonga, and Veith, 2007, Fieldguide Amph. Rept. Kakamega Forest: 17-18. Bates and Haacke, 2003, Navors. Nas. Mus. Bloemfontein, 19: 125-130, discussed the species in Lesotho. See account, photograph, and map for Ethiopia by Largen and Spawls, 2010, Amph. Rept. Ethiopia Eritrea: 160-162. Malonza, Lötters, and Measey, 2010, J. E. Afr. Nat. Hist., 99: 55, commented on range, life history, and conservation status in the Taita Hills of Kenya. Mercurio, 2011, Amph. Malawi: 277-280, provided an account for Malawi. Measey, Malonza, and Muchai, 2009, Amph. Taita Hills: 48-49, provided a brief account and photo for the Taita Hills, Kenya.
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