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Leptopelis mackayi Köhler, Bwong, Schick, Veith, and Lötters, 2006
Leptopelis mackayi Köhler, Bwong, Schick, Veith, and Lötters, 2006, Herpetol. J., 16: 184. Holotype: NMK A/3057/1, by original designation. Type locality: "Rondo Retreat Centre, Isecheno, 00° 12´ 39 N, 34° 46´ 36 E, 1550 m a.s.l., southern Kakamega Forest, Kakamega District, Western Province, Kenya".
English Names
Mackay's Tree Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 226).
Distribution
Currently known from Toyokana, Orientale Province, Dem. Rep. Congo, the type locality (southern Kakamega Forest, Kakamega District, Western Province, Kenya), although possibly to be found in adjacent Uganda (see comment).
Comment
Some populations previously referred to Leptopelis modestus may actually be of this species according to the original publication. Lötters, Wagner, Bwong, Schick, Malonza, Muchai, Wasonga, and Veith, 2007, Fieldguide Amph. Rept. Kakamega Forest: 37-38, provided an account. Greenbaum, Portillo, and Chifundera, 2012, Afr. J. Herpetol., 61: 113-127, included this species in their molecular tree and found it to be distant from Leptopelis modestus. Channing, Rödel, and Channing, 2012, Tadpoles of Africa: 113, reported on comparative tadpole morphology. Greenbaum, Hughes, Kasumba, and Masudi, 2015, Herpetol. Rev., 46: 378, provided a record for Orientale Province, Dem. Rep. Congo. Spawls, Wasonga, and Drewes, 2019, Amph. Kenya: 8, provided a range map for Kenya, photograph, and brief characterization. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 226–227, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map.
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