Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Rana johnstoni Günther, 1894 "1893", Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1893: 620. Syntypes: BMNH 1947.2.32.31-32 (formerly 93.10.26.76-77), according to XXX. Type locality: "Tshiromo" (= Chiromo), Malawi; locality doubtful, according to Poynton, 1964, Senckenb. Biol., 45: 203.

Rana johnstoni johnstoni — Poynton, 1966, Arnoldia, Zimbabwe, 2: 1-3.

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

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

Afrana johnstoni — Visser and Channing, 1997, J. Afr. Zool., 111: 191-198.

Amietia johnstoni — 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: 367.

English Names

Tshiromo Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 108).

Johnston's River Frog (Broadley, 1973, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 10: 23; Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 262).

Distribution

Known only from the Mount Mulanje above 2000 m in southern Malawi.

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. Discussed by Stewart, 1967, Amph. Malawi: 57-58, and by Poynton, 1964, Senckenb. Biol., 45: 203. See Poynton, 1966, Arnoldia, Zimbabwe, 2: 1-3, and Poynton and Broadley, 1985, Ann. Natal Mus., 27: 134-135, for accounts (including at that time Rana inyangae). See also Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 262-263. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Afrana johnstoni) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 475. Mercurio, 2011, Amph. Malawi: 281-282, provided an account for Malawi.

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