Kassina maculifer (Ahl, 1924)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hyperoliidae > Subfamily: Kassininae > Genus: Kassina > Species: Kassina maculifer

Megalixalus maculifer Ahl, 1924, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 11: 7. Holotype: ZMB, number not stated in the original publication; ZMB 26911 is holotype according to Tillack, de Ruiter, and Rödel, 2021, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 97: 439. Type locality: "Ganda Ali, Annia Galla", south of Bia Woraba in the Ennia Galla County, East Harerge Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia.

Megalixalus parkeri Scortecci, 1932, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano, 71: 264–269. Syntypes: MSNM 673 (2 specimens); MSNM 673. 6 designated lectotype by Balletto, Cherchi, and Lanza, 1978, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 11: 231; now numbered MSNM Am 6  according to Blackburn and Scali, 2014, Herpetol. Monogr., 28: 30, who discussed the material. Type locality: "Garoe, Somalia". Synonymy by Largen, 1975, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 6: 4; and Schiøtz, 1999, Treefrogs Afr.: 238.

Afrixalus parkeriBalletto and Cherchi, 1971, Boll. Mus. Ist. Biol. Univ. Genova, 39: 56.

Kassina parkeriLargen, 1975, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 6: 4; Schiøtz, 1975, Treefrogs E. Afr.: 66.

Kassina (Kassina) parkeriDubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 37.

Kassina maculiferSchiøtz, 1999, Treefrogs Afr.: 238.

English Names

Parker's Running Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 68).

Spotted Kassina (Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 190).

Ahl's Kassina (Largen and Spawls, 2010, Amph. Rept. Ethiopia Eritrea: 126).

Northern Running Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 140). 

Distribution

Northern Somalia, southern and eastern Ethiopia, and northeastern Kenya (Wajir and Banissa).

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia

Comment

Largen, 2001, Tropical Zool., 14: 353-354, commented on distribution and taxonomic confusion in previous literature. Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 190-191, provided an account. See account, photograph, and map for Ethiopia by Largen and Spawls, 2010, Amph. Rept. Ethiopia Eritrea: 126. Schiøtz, 1999, Treefrogs Afr.: 237–238, provided an account. Spawls, Wasonga, and Drewes, 2019, Amph. Kenya: 29, provided a range map for Kenya, photograph, and brief characterization. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 140–141, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. Tillack, de Ruiter, and Rödel, 2021, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 97: 439, briefly discussed the collection history of the ZMB type.  

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