Hyperolius zonatus Laurent, 1958

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

Hyperolius zonatus Laurent, 1958, Mem. Inst. Franç. Afr. Noire, 53: 276. Holotype: MNHNP unnumbered, according to the original publication. Type locality: "Yanlé, Mont Nimba", Ivory Coast.

English Names

Nimba Reed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 68).

Belted Reed Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 186). 

Distribution

Rainforests of southern Sierra Leone to south-central Ivory Coast, through extreme southern Guinea, and, Liberia. 

Comment

See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 618. Channing, Rödel, and Channing, 2012, Tadpoles of Africa: 227–228, provided information on comparative larval morphology. Schiøtz, 1999, Treefrogs Afr.: 118–119, provided a brief account and map. Rödel and Glos, 2019, Zoosyst. Evol., 95: 24, reported this species from the Krahn-Bassa Proposed Protected Area in southeastern Liberia and the Foya Proposed Protected Area in western Liberia, and commented on identification and habitat preference. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 186–187, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. 

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