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Hyperolius howelli Du Preez and Channing, 2013
Hyperolius howelli Du Preez and Channing in Channing, Hillers, Lötters, Rödel, Schick, Conradie, Rödder, Mercurio, Wagner, Dehling, Du Preez, Kielgast, and Burger, 2013, Zootaxa, 3620: 322. Holotype: SAIAB 118979, by original designation. Type locality: "Himo Road, Arusha, Tanzania (3° 21′29.6″ S; 36°50'15.3" E)"
Common Names
Howell's Long Reed Frog (original publication).
Howell's Reed Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 178;
Kim Howell's Reed Frog (Spawls, Mazuch, and Mohammad, 2023, Handb. Amph. Rept. NE Afr.: 70).
Distribution
Western and central Kenya (2 disjunct populations) and southern and northern Tanzania north to extreme southern Somalia; isolated records from the central Rift Valley and Harenna Forest (6.5949°N, 39.7543°E, elevation 1800 m), Ethiopia.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania
Comment
In the Hyperolius nasutus species group according to the original publication. Spawls, Wasonga, and Drewes, 2019, Amph. Kenya: 21, provided a range map for Kenya, photograph, and brief characterization. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 178–179, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. Tiutenko, Spawls, and Zinenko, 2023, Herpetol. Notes, 16: 99–101, provided the record from the eastern Ethiopian Highlands, based on a mtDNA 16s assay for confirmation. Spawls, Mazuch, and Mohammad, 2023, Handb. Amph. Rept. NE Afr.: 70–71, provided an account addressing identification, natural history, conservation status, and range in Ethiopia and Somalia, including a polygon map.
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