Heleophryne regis Hewitt, 1910

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Heleophrynidae > Genus: Heleophryne > Species: Heleophryne regis

Heleophryne regis Hewitt, 1910 "1909", Ann. Transvaal Mus., 2: 45. Holotype: TMP 10093, according to Boycott, 1982, Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), 14: 89–108. Type locality: "Knysna", Western Cape Province, Rep. South Africa.

Heleophryne purcelli regisPoynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 39.

Heleophryne regisBoycott, 1982, Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), 14: 89-108.

English Names

Rex's Ghost Frog (Van Dijk, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 17: 14).

Rex's Torrent Frog (Van Dijk, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 17: 14).

Royal Ghost Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 51; Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 115).

Southern Ghost Frog (Boycott, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 106).

Distribution

Eastern part of southern Cape fold mountains, east of the Goritz River valley to the Huis River, Rep. South Africa.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: South Africa

Endemic: South Africa

Comment

Elevated from subspecies status under Heleophryne purcelli by Boycott, 1982, Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), 14: 89–108. See accounts by Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 115–117, Boycott, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 106–107, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 210–211. Channing, Rödel, and Channing, 2012, Tadpoles of Africa: 175, reported on comparative tadpole morphology. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 54–55, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map.

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