Search tool	Example of search string in box	What that means to the database
* = "wildcard". Allows a partial letter string to be entered and implies either no or various extension on this letter string	Hyl*	Will find all uses of "Hyl . . ." anywhere in a record: e.g., Hylarana, Hyla, Hylidae, Hylinae, Hylaedactyla.
* = "wildcard". Allows a partial letter string to be entered and implies either no or various extension on this letter string	*Hyla	Will find all uses of ". . . hyla" anywhere in a record: e.g., Hyla, Hylidae, Plectrohyla, Ptychadena hylaea, Adenomera hylaedactyla
	Hyla	Will find all records that contain stand-alone uses of Hyla: e.g., Hyla, Hyla arenicolor
Strings of words without quotation marks	Lithobates pipiens	Interprets this as "Lithobates OR pipiens" so will find the union of all records that contain either "Lithobates" or "pipiens": e.g., Lithobates omiltemanus, Hylorana pipiens
Strings of word with quotation marks	"Lithobates pipiens"	Interprets this as "Lithobates AND pipiens" so will return all records that have the character string "Lithobates pipiens" anywhere within a record: e.g., all members of the Lithobates pipiens complex.
AND statement. Means that the results of the search must include both words held together by an AND	Lithobates AND pipiens	Same as "Lithobates pipiens"
OR statement. Means that the results of the search will all records that have either of the terms held together by an OR	Lithobates OR "Costa Rica"	Recovers all records that contain the word "Lithobates" or "Costa Rica": 402 records inasmuch as this will include all records for the entire amphibian fauna of Costa Rica
Combining Boolean operators within the Basic Search box (AND, OR, NOT, quotation marks)	Lithobates AND "Costa Rica" NOT forreri	Recovers only records that contain the word Lithobates AND "Costa Rica", but excludes any record that contains the word "forreri" in any part of the record: 9 records
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Search tool	Example of search string in box	What that means to the database
* = "wildcard". Allows a partial letter string to be entered and implies either no or various extension on this letter string	Hyl*	Will find all uses of "Hyl . . ." anywhere in a record: e.g., Hylarana, Hyla, Hylidae, Hylinae, Hylaedactyla.
* = "wildcard". Allows a partial letter string to be entered and implies either no or various extension on this letter string	*Hyla	Will find all uses of ". . . hyla" anywhere in a record: e.g., Hyla, Hylidae, Plectrohyla, Ptychadena hylaea, Adenomera hylaedactyla
Single word	Hyla	Will find all records that contain stand-alone uses of Hyla: e.g., Hyla, Hyla arenicolor
Strings of words without quotation marks	Lithobates pipiens	Interprets this as "Lithobates OR pipiens" so will find the union of all records that contain either "Lithobates" or "pipiens": e.g., Lithobates omiltemanus, Hylorana pipiens
Strings of word with quotation marks	"Lithobates pipiens"	Interprets this as "Lithobates AND pipiens" so will return all records that have the character string "Lithobates pipiens" anywhere within a record: e.g., all members of the Lithobates pipiens complex.
AND statement. Means that the results of the search must include both words held together by an AND	Lithobates AND pipiens	Same as "Lithobates pipiens"
OR statement. Means that the results of the search will all records that have either of the terms held together by an OR	Lithobates OR "Costa Rica"	Recovers all records that contain the word "Lithobates" or "Costa Rica": 402 records inasmuch as this will include all records for the entire amphibian fauna of Costa Rica
Combining Boolean operators within the Basic Search box (AND, OR, NOT, quotation marks)	Lithobates AND "Costa Rica" NOT forreri	Recovers only records that contain the word Lithobates AND "Costa Rica", but excludes any record that contains the word "forreri" in any part of the record: 9 records
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Leptopelis broadleyi (Poynton, 1985)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Arthroleptidae > Subfamily: Leptopelinae > Genus: Leptopelis > Species: Leptopelis broadleyi

Leptopelis argenteus meridionalis Schiøtz, 1975, Treefrogs E. Afr.: 22. Holotype: NMZB (formerly UM) 12844, by original designation. Type locality: "5 ml NE of Dondo, Mozambique". Junior primary homonym of Leptopelis calcaratus meridionalis Laurent, 1973, Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Cent., Tervuren, Ser. Octavo, Sci. Zool., 202: 50.

Leptopelis broadleyi Poynton, 1985, S. Afr. J. Sci., 81: 468. Replacement name for Leptopelis argenteus meridionalis Schiøtz, 1975.

Common Names

Broadley's Tree Frog (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 197; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 92).

Distribution

Eastern Zimbabwe, southern Malawi, and northern Mozambique.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

Comment

Ohler and Frétey, 2014, J. E. Afr. Nat. Hist., 103: 80, regarded Leptopelis broadleyi as distinct, but as they did not study the putative contact zone nor addressed the advertisement call which is reported as identical, I (DRF) hesitated to follow this taxonomic novelty. However, Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 228–229, did accept this and they provided a brief account, photograph, and range map and considered this taxon distinct from Leptopleis argenteus where it had been placed by Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 197. Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott, and Tolley, 2016, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 92: 163–180, reported a population from Mount M'pàluwé (Nampula Province), Mozambique. See brief accounts (as Leptopelis broadleyi) in Poynton and Broadley, 1987, Ann. Natal Mus., 28: 176–177. See comment under Leptopelis argenteus for relevant literature. Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 92–93, provided an account (identification, morphology, conservation status, call, range, and habitat). Du Preez and Carruthers, 2017, Frogs S. Afr., Compl. Guide: 94–95, provided a brief account for southern Africa, including a polygon range map, photograph, identification, habitat, and call. Bittencourt-Silva, Bayliss, and Conradie, 2020, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 14 (2: e247): 198–271, reported a the species from the base of Mount Lico, Ile District, Zambesia Province, northeast-central Mozambique.

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