Hyperolius rwandae Dehling, Sinsch, Rodel, and Channing in Channing, Hillers, Lötters, Rödel, Schick, Conradie, Rödder, Mercurio, Wagner, Dehling, Du Preez, Kielgast, and Burger, 2013

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hyperoliidae > Subfamily: Hyperoliinae > Genus: Hyperolius > Species: Hyperolius rwandae

Hyperolius rwandae Dehling, Sinsch, Rödel, and Channing in Channing, Hillers, Lötters, Rödel, Schick, Conradie, Rödder, Mercurio, Wagner, Dehling, Du Preez, Kielgast, and Burger, 2013, Zootaxa, 3620: 337. Holotype: ZMB 77221, by original designation. Type locality: "from a pond in farmland on the eastern outskirts of Butare, Huye District, South Province, Rwanda (2° 37′ 10.79″ S, 29° 45′ 08.45″ E)". 

English Names

Rwanda Long Reed Frog (original publication). 

Rwanda Reed Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 178). 

Distribution

Known from four localities in southern, central, eastern, and northern Rwanda, as well as adjacent Burundi, southwestern Uguanda, and Dem. Rep. Congo (Kivu Province). 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Burundi, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Rwanda, Uganda

Comment

In the Hyperolius nasutus species group according to the original publication. Greenbaum, Chifundera, and Luhumyo, 2016, Herpetol. Rev., 47: 419, provided a record from Lwiro, South Kivu Province, Dem. Rep. Congo, 1750 m elevation. Dehling and Sinsch, 2019, Zool. Anz., 280: 65–77, reported on the evolution of larval and adult morphospace in the Central African Albertine Rift, including this species which they considered to be in the Hyperolius nasutus group. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 178–179, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. Dehling and Sinsch, 2023, Diversity, 15 (512): 1–81, discussed the range, identification, natural history, advertisement call, and conservation status in Rwanda. Behangana, Byaruhanga, Magala, Katumba, Kagurusi, Dendi, and Luiselli, 2023, Wetlands, 43(88): 1–13, reported on presence in the wetlands of southwestern Uganda.   

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