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Arthroleptis xenodactylus Boulenger, 1909
Arthroleptis xenodactylus Boulenger, 1909, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 8, 4: 496. Holotype: BMNH 1909.10.19.16, according to Laurent, 1985, in Frost (ed.), Amph. Species World: 20, reregistered as BMNH 1947.2.6.92, by museum records. Type locality: "Amani", Usambara Mountains, Tanzania.
Arthroleptis (Arthroleptulus) xenodactylus — Laurent, 1941 "1940", Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 34: 87.
Schoutedenella xenodactyla — Laurent, 1954, Ann. Mus. R. Congo Belge, Tervuren, Ser. Quarto, Sci. Zool., 1: 38; Laurent, 1985, in Frost (ed.), Amph. Species World: 20.
Arthroleptis xenodactylus — Laurent, 1957, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 56: 274–275, by implication; Gorham, 1974, Checklist World Amph.: 130; 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: 336.
Common Names
Amani Screeching Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 37).
Eastern Squeaker (Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 61).
Strange Squeaker (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 258).
Distribution
Montane forest in eastern Tanzania (East Usambaras, Ulugurus, Udzungwas, and Mount Rungwe).
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Tanzania
Endemic: Tanzania
Comment
Attribution of a wide range for this species by some authors is based on apparent misidentifications (J.C. Poynton in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 20). See comment under Arthroleptis xenochirus. Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 61–62, provided a brief account. Pickersgill, 2007, Frog Search: 315–316, provided an account and comments. Frétey, 2008, Alytes, 25: 99–172, summarized the literature. Rödder, Weinsheimer, and Lötters, 2010, Zootaxa, 2426: 54–60, discussed niche modeling with respect to climate and range change. Harper, Measey, Patrick, Menegon, and Vonesh, 2010, Field Guide Amph. E. Arc Mts. Tanzania and Kenya: 60–61, provided a brief account for the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 258–259, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map.
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