Strongylopus rhodesianus (Hewitt, 1933)
Rana grayi rhodesiana Hewitt, 1933, Occas. Pap. Natl. Mus. S. Rhodesia, 6: 12. Syntypes: NMB (2 specimens), by original designation. Type locality: "Chirinda Forest, Rhodesia [= Zimbabwe]".
Strongylopus grayii rhodesianus — Van Dijk, 1966, Ann. Natal Mus., 18: 259. Channing, 1981, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 15: 334.
Strongylopus rhodesianus — Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 359).
English Names
Hewitt's Long-toed Frog (Lambiris, 1990 "1989", Monogr. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 10: 96).
Chimanimani Stream Frog (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 359; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 426).
Distribution
Eastern highlands of Zimbabwe and the Gorongoz Mountain in Mozambique, above 1000 m elevation.
Comment
See Poynton and Broadley, 1985, Ann. Natal Mus., 27: 136-137, who suggested that the features of Rana grayii rhodesiana were due either to introgression with Rana fasciata, or a close relationship to it. See accounts by Lambiris, 1988, Lammergeyer, 39: 98-100, Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 359, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 426. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 515.
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