Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Rana dracomontana Channing, 1978, Ann. Natal Mus., 23: 361. Holotype: NMP 6221, by original designation. Type locality: "Lesotho, top of Sani Pass (29° 35′ S, 29° 17′ E), 2872 m".

Rana (Rana) dracomontana — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 42.

Rana (Afrana) dracomontana — Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 334.

Afrana dracomontana — Visser and Channing, 1997, J. Afr. Zool., 111: 192.

Amietia dracomontana — 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

Drakensberg Frog (Lambiris, 1988, in Branch (ed.), South Afr. Red Data Book, Amph. Rept.: 120).

Sani Pass Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 107).

Drakensberg River Frog (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 257; Channing, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 271; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 398).

Distribution

Lesotho Plateau, Rep. South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) and Lesotho.

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. Closely related to Rana angolensis and Rana fuscigula according to the original publication. See accounts by Lambiris, 1988, Lammergeyer, 39: 91-93, Lambiris, 1988, in Branch (ed.), South Afr. Red Data Book, Amph. Rept.: 120-121, Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 257-256, Channing, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 271-273, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 398-399. Bates and Haacke, 2003, Navors. Nas. Mus. Bloemfontein, 19: 131-132, discussed the species in Lesotho.

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