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Paracassina obscura (Boulenger, 1895)
Cassina obscura Boulenger, 1895 "1894", Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1894: 644. Holotype: BMNH. Type locality: "Let Marefia, Shoa", Ethiopia.
Paracassina obscura — Peracca, 1907, Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. Comp. Univ. Torino, 22 (553): 3.
Kassina obscura — Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 330; Perret, 1958, Bull. Inst. Franç. Afr. Noire, Ser. A, 20: 1438.
Rothschildia obscura — Parker, 1930, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1930: 4.
Mocquardia obscura — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 460.
Kassina obscura obscura — Largen, 1975, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 6: 18.
Tornierella obscura — Drewes and Roth, 1981, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 72: 268.
Kassina (Paracassina) obscura — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 38.
English Names
Ethiopia Striped Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 69).
Boulenger's Mountain Kassina (Largen and Spawls, 2010, Amph. Rept. Ethiopia Eritrea: 130).
Distribution
Ethiopian highlands, west of the Rift Valley, generally 2500–3000 m elevation, although as low as 820 m in some areas.
Comment
Largen, 2001, Tropical Zool., 14: 356, commented on distribution. See account, photograph, and map for Ethiopia by Largen and Spawls, 2010, Amph. Rept. Ethiopia Eritrea: 129-131. Channing, Rödel, and Channing, 2012, Tadpoles of Africa: 243–244, provided information on comparative larval morphology. Schiøtz, 1999, Treefrogs Afr.: 313–315, provided a brief account and map. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 146–147, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map.
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