Semnodactylus wealii (Boulenger, 1882)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hyperoliidae > Subfamily: Kassininae > Genus: Semnodactylus > Species: Semnodactylus wealii

Cassina wealii Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 131. Syntypes: BMNH ("several spec."), by original designation including animal figured on pl. 11, fig. 7 of the original publication; BMNH 1879.6.5.8–15 (now reregistered as 1947.2.9.91–98) are syntypes according to museum records. Type locality: "Vleis [= grassy marshes], Kaffraria", Rep. South Africa.

Kassina wealii wealiiHewitt, 1927, Rec. Albany Mus., 3: 408.

Cassina wealii quinquevittata Hewitt, 1927, Rec. Albany Mus., 3: 409. Type(s): Not designated, although stated to be in SAM; now in PEM according to Lambiris, 1988, Lammergeyer, 39: 128, and PEM A6289 according to Conradie, Branch, and Watson, 2015, Zootaxa, 3936: 63, who discussed the holotype. Type locality: "Cape Peninsula", Western Cape Province, Rep. South Africa; corrected to "Capetown", Western Cape Province, Rep. South Africa by Hewitt, 1927, Rec. Albany Mus., 3: 409, in the subsequent formal description. Status as subspecies rejected by Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 178-179.

Semnodactylus thabanchuensis Hoffman, 1939, Soöl. Navors. Nas. Mus. Bloemfontein, 1: 90. Holotype: NMB 1908, by original designation. Type locality: "Orange Free State . . . . Thaba 'Nchu Mountain", Free State, Rep. South Africa. Synonymy by Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 177-179.

Kassina weali fitzsimonsi Hoffman, 1942, Soöl. Navors. Nas. Mus. Bloemfontein, 1: 158. Holotype: TMP 6850, by original designation. Type locality: "Wakkerstroom, Transvaal", Mpumalanga Province, Rep. South Africa.

Kassina thabanchuensisHoffman, 1942, Soöl. Navors. Nas. Mus. Bloemfontein, 1: 151.

Hylambates wealeiVan Dijk, 1966, Ann. Natal Mus., 18: 257.

Hylambates (Kassina) wealeiVan Dijk, 1971, Zool. Afr., 6: 98. In context, not relegating Kassina to a subgeneric position, but intending to show alternative arrangements of other authors.

Notokassina wealeiDrewes, 1985, S. Afr. J. Sci., 81: 190.

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

Semnodactylus wealiiLambiris, 1988, Lammergeyer, 39: 127-129.

Common Names

Weale's Frog (Hewitt, 1937, Guide Vert. Fauna E. Cape Province, Rept. Amph. Fishes: 106; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 230).

Rattling Kassina (Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 7; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 230).

Long-toed Running Frog (Wager, 1965, Frogs S. Afr.: 191; Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 7; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 230).

Weal's Frog (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 74; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 70).

Weale's Kassin's Frog (Van Dijk, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 17: 16).

Weale's Kassina (Van Dijk, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 17: 16).

Weale's Running Frog (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 193-194; Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 144).

Rattling Frog (Du Preez, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 166; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 278).

Distribution

Southern and eastern Rep. South Africa; Eswatini and Lesotho.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa

Comment

See accounts by. Schiøtz, 1999, Treefrogs Afr.: 324, Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 193-194, Du Preez, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 166-167, Pickersgill, 2007, Frog Search: 471-473, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 278-280. Bates and Haacke, 2003, Navors. Nas. Mus. Bloemfontein, 19: 141, discussed the species in Lesotho. Channing, Rödel, and Channing, 2012, Tadpoles of Africa: 248–249, provided information on comparative larval morphology. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 144–145, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map.

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