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Kassina jozani Msuya, Howell, and Channing, 2007
Kassina jozani Msuya, Howell, and Channing, 2007 "2006", Afr. J. Herpetol., 55: 115. Holotype: BMNH 2005.1576, by original designation. Type locality: "near the newly constructed guest-house close to the proposed Jozani-Chwaka National Park office (06° 16.273′ S; 39° 25.102′ E, 50 m)", Zanzibar, Tanzania.
Common Names
Jozani Running Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 140).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality in Jozani Forest on Zanzibar Island, Tanzania.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Tanzania
Endemic: Tanzania
Comment
According to the original publication, Kassina jozani is the sister-taxon of a group composed of Kassina parkeri, Kassina cochranae, and Kassina cassinoides. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 140–141, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map.
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