Arthroleptella landdrosia Dawood and Channing, 2000
Arthroleptella landdrosia Dawood and Channing, 2000, J. Herpetol., 34: 376. Holotype: PEM A7123, by original designation. Type locality: "Hottentots Holland mountain, near the Landdroskop hut (34° 02′ 30″ S; 19° 01′ 00″ E)", Western Cape Province, Rep. South Africa.
English Names
Landdros Moss Frog (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 279).
Landdroskop Moss Frog (Channing, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 212; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 352).
Landdroskop Chirping Frog (Channing, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 212 [alternative name]).
Distribution
Coastal strip near Rooi Els, and the adjoining Hottentots Holland mountain range, Western Cape Province, Rep. South Africa, 0-1600 m elevation.
Comment
See accounts by Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 279-280, Channing, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 212-213, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 352-353. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 627.
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