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Hyperolius stictus Conradie, Verburgt, Portik, Ohler, Bwong, and Lawson, 2018
Hyperolius stictus Conradie, Verburgt, Portik, Ohler, Bwong, and Lawson, 2018, Zootaxa, 4379: 188. Holotype: PEM A11706, by original designation. Type locality: "5 km WNW of Palma, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique (10°45’41.8”S 40°25’45.7”E, 21 m asl". http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:25041B52-6529-45CC-BA4A-0363841EF930
English Names
Yellow-spotted Reed Frog (original publication).
Distribution
Northeastern coastal Mozambique, associated with the Mozambican coastal pans system, possibly as far as extreme southeastern Tanzania.
Comment
The sister taxon of Hyperolius mitchelli according to the original publication. Bwong, Barratt, Loader, Nyamache, Menegon, Malonza, Nagel, and Lawson, 2020, Afr. J. Herpetol., 69: 165–181, discussed the geographic variation in molecular markers, calls, and color pattern, and allocated the northeastern population of the Hyperolius mitchelli to Hyperolius rubrovermiculatus, complex, and also found Hyperolius stictus and Hyperolius mitchelli to be sister taxa.
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