Hyperolius dintelmanni Lötters and Schmitz, 2004

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

Hyperolius dintelmanni Lötters and Schmitz, 2004, Bonn. Zool. Beitr., 52: 150. Holotype: ZFMK 67871, by original designation. Type locality: "from the Edib Hills (ca. 1,200 m above sea level), Bakossi Mountains, South-West Cameroon (4° 57′ N, 9° 39′ E)". Synonymy by Amiet, 2012, Rainettes Cameroun: 118–123.

Hyperolius tuberculatus dintelmanni — Amiet, 2012, Rainettes Cameroun: 118–123. 

Hyperolius dintelmanni —  Bell, Parra, Badjedjea, Barej, Blackburn, Burger, Channing, Dehling, Greenbaum, Gvoždík, Kielgast, Kasumba, Lötters, McLaughlin, Nagy, Rödel, Portik, Stuart, VanDerWal, Zassi-Boulou, and Zamudio, 2017, Mol. Ecol., 26: 5230. 

English Names

Dintelmann's Reed Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 192).   

Distribution

Montane southwestern Cameroon. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Cameroon

Endemic: Cameroon

Comment

See comments regarding this species in the Hyperolius tuberculatus complex by Bell, Parra, Badjedjea, Barej, Blackburn, Burger, Channing, Dehling, Greenbaum, Gvoždík, Kielgast, Kasumba, Lötters, McLaughlin, Nagy, Rödel, Portik, Stuart, VanDerWal, Zassi-Boulou, and Zamudio, 2017, Mol. Ecol., 26: 5224–5244, who discussed molecular biogeography, phylogenetics, and systematics. 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: 284. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 192–193, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map.    

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