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Hyperolius horstockii (Schlegel, 1837)
Hyla horstockii Schlegel, 1837, Abbild. Neuer Unvollst. Amph., 1: 24. Syntypes: RMNH 1775, 10770 (2 specimens); RMNH 1775 designated lectotype by Poynton, 1963, Ann. Natal Mus., 15: 332. ZMB 3064 (originally 3 specimens) rejected as types by Tillack, de Ruiter, and Rödel, 2021, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 97: 442. Type locality: "Vorgebirge der guten Hoffnung "(= Cape of Good Hope), Western Cape Province, Rep. South Africa.
Eucnemis horstokii — Tschudi, 1838, Classif. Batr.: 35, 76. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Eucnemis Horstookii — Duméril and Bibron, 1841, Erp. Gen., 6: 519. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Hyperolius horstockii — Smith, 1849, Illust. Zool. S. Afr., 3 (Appendix): 26; Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 85; Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 120; Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 252.
Eucnemis horstockii — Steindachner, 1867, Reise Österreichischen Fregatte Novara, Zool., Amph.: 50.
Rappia horstockii — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 120.
Hyperolius horstockii horstockii — Hewitt, 1927, Rec. Albany Mus., 3: 410.
Common Names
Arum Frog (Rose, 1950, Rep. Amph. S. Afr.: 50; Rose, 1962, Rep. Amph. S. Afr., Ed. 2: 55; Cochran, 1961, Living Amph. World: 167; Wager, 1965, Frogs S. Afr.: 197; Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 7).
Horstock's Arum-Frog (Van Dijk, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 17: 16).
Arum Lily Frog (Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 7; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 242; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 246).
Arum Reed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 67).
Yellow-striped Reed Frog (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 72).
Horstock's Reed Frog (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 154).
Distribution
Southern seaboard of Rep. South Africa, from Cape Town (Western Cape Province) to Tsitsikama National Park in the western part of Eastern Cape Province.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: South Africa
Endemic: South Africa
Comment
See comments by Poynton, 1963, Ann. Natal Mus., 15: 331, on nomenclature, and accounts by Schiøtz, 1999, Treefrogs Afr.: 193–195, Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 154–155, Braack, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 139–141, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 246–247. 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: 285. Channing, Rödel, and Channing, 2012, Tadpoles of Africa: 210–211, reported on comparative tadpole morphology. Du Preez and Carruthers, 2017, Frogs S. Afr., Compl. Guide: 260–261, provided an account, including a polygon range map, photograph, identification features, adult and larval morphology, habitat, and call. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 200–201, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. Dorse and Dorse, 2023, Field Guide Fynbos Fauna: 36–37, provided a brief account, polygon range map, and photograph.
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