Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Rana lemairei De Witte, 1921, Rev. Zool. Afr., 9: 1. Holotype: MRAC 172, according to De Witte, 1930, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 19: 266. Type locality: "Lofoï, Katanga [=Shaba Province]", Dem. Rep. Congo. (rechecked 5-18-98).

Rana (Hylorana) lemairii — De Witte, 1930, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 19: 266.

Rana albolabris lemairei — Schmidt and Inger, 1959, Explor. Parc Natl. Upemba, Miss. G.F. de Witte, 56: 41. Broadley, 1971, Puku, 6: 114.

Hylarana albolabris lemairei — Laurent, 1964, Publ. Cult. Companhia Diamantes Angola, 67: 133.

Hylarana lemairei — Perret, 1977, Rev. Suisse Zool., 84: 844. Poynton and Broadley, 1985, Ann. Natal Mus., 27: 140.

Rana (Hylarana) lemairei — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 42. by implication.

Rana (Amnirana) lemairei — Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 324.

Amnirana lemairii — Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 269-270. Incorrect subsequent spelling of species name; Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Herpetol. Sinica, 12: 33. See comment under Ranidae record.

Hydrophylax lemairei — 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: 368.

Hylarana lemairei — Che, Pang, Zhao, Wu, Zhao, and Zhang, 2007, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 43: 1-13. by implication.

English Names

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

Lemaire's White-lipped Frog (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 269).

Distribution

Southern Dem. Rep. Congo, western Zambia, and northeastern Angola.

Comment

In the Rana (Amnirana) albolabris group of Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 324. Discussed (as Rana albolabris lemairii) by Schmidt and Inger, 1959, Explor. Parc Natl. Upemba, Miss. G.F. de Witte, 56: 41-48, (as Hylarana lemairei) by Perret, 1977, Rev. Suisse Zool., 84: 844, Poynton and Broadley, 1985, Ann. Natal Mus., 27: 140, and (as Amnirana albolabris) by Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 269-270.

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