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Leptopelis ragazzii (Boulenger, 1896)
Hylambates ragazzii Boulenger, 1896, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, Ser. 2, 16: 554. Holotype: MSNG 28866, according to Capocaccia, 1957, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, Ser. 3, 69: 218. Type locality: "Shoa" Province, Ethiopia.
Leptopelis ragazzii — Largen, 1977, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 9: 351.
English Names
Shoa Forest Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 69).
Ragazzi's Tree Frog (Largen and Spawls, 2010, Amph. Rept. Ethiopia Eritrea: 138).
Distribution
Montane forests in the Ethiopian Highlands on both sides of the Rift Valley at 1930–3100 m elevation.
Comment
Largen, 2001, Tropical Zool., 14: 351-352, discussed distribution and identifications. 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: 290. See account, photograph, and map for Ethiopia by Largen and Spawls, 2010, Amph. Rept. Ethiopia Eritrea: 138. Schiøtz, 1999, Treefrogs Afr.: 274–276, provided a brief account and map. Reyes-Velasco, Manthey, Freilich, and Boissinot, 2018, Mol. Ecol., 27: 2256–2270, discussed the molecular phylogenetics of the species of the Ethiopian highlands, showing showing Leptopelis ragazzii, Leptopelis vannutellii, and Leptopelis yaldeni to form a monophyletic group. Tiutenko and Zinenko, 2019, Herpetozoa, Wien, 32: 51–55, reported on larval morphology. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 224–225, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map.
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