Afrixalus lindholmi (Andersson, 1907)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hyperoliidae > Subfamily: Hyperoliinae > Genus: Afrixalus > Species: Afrixalus lindholmi

Megalixalus lindholmi Andersson, 1907, Jahrb. Nassau. Ver. Naturkd., Wiesbaden, 60: 239. Holotype: MWNH 130, according to Perret, 1976, Bull. Soc. Neuchatel. Sci. Nat., 99: 24, and Köhler and Güsten, 2007, Spixiana, München, 30: 281. Type locality: "Bibundi, Kamerun".

Afrixalus lindholmiPerret, 1976, Bull. Soc. Neuchatel. Sci. Nat., 99: 23.

English Names

Lindholm's Banana Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 66).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Bibundi, Cameroon).

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Cameroon

Endemic: Cameroon

Comment

Possibly a Leptopelis (type is a juvenile), according to Perret, 1976, Bull. Soc. Neuchatel. Sci. Nat., 99: 24; see also Amiet, 1972, Ann. Fac. Sci. Cameroun, 9: 148. Amiet, 2009, Rev. Suisse Zool., 116: 88-89, regarded the taxon as dubius and its inclusion in Afrixalus to be arguable, given that the only know specimen is the juvenile holotype. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 396, regarded this nominal taxon as too insufficiently known to include in their field guide. 

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