Hyperolius ukaguruensis Lawson, Loader, Lyakurwa, and Liedtke, 2023

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hyperoliidae > Subfamily: Hyperoliinae > Genus: Hyperolius > Species: Hyperolius ukaguruensis

Hyperolius ukaguruensis Lawson, Loader, Lyakurwa, and Liedtke, 2023, PLoS One, 18 (2: e0277535): 13. Holotype: BMNH 2022.7682, by original designation. Type locality: "Mamiwa Kisara Forest Reserve, Ukaguru Mountains, Tanzania (-6.37272, 36.92722, elevation 1862m)". Zoobank publication registration: A2AA3A2D-29F8-46A6-A328-88E8C280E110

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (from one locality in Mamiwa Kisara North Forest Reserve in the Ukaguru Mountains, Tanzania, 1862 m elevation). 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Tanzania

Endemic: Tanzania

Comment

A member of the spiny-throated reed-frog clade (including Hyperolius bugessi, Hyperolius davenporti, Hyperolius minutissimus, Hyperolius ruvuensis, Hyperolius spingularis, Hyperolius tanneri, and Hyperolius ukwiva) and the sister taxon of Hyperolius ukwiva, according to the original publication, where morphology and molecular markers were detailed. 

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