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Hildebrandtia macrotympanum (Boulenger, 1912)
Pyxicephalus macrotympanum Boulenger, 1912, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 8, 10: 140. Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.28.64. Type locality: "Gallaland, west of the Juba River"; corrected to "between El Dere (Kenya: 03° 53′ N—39° 57′ 30″ E, 3400 ft) and Garsa (Ethiopia: 04° 05′ 09″ N—39° 40′ 20″ E, 2630 ft)" by Balletto, Cherchi, and Lanza, 1980, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 13: 141.
Rana (Hildebrandtia) macrotympanum — Boulenger, 1919, Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr., 8: 33–37. Dubois, 1981, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 15: 233; by implication.
Rana macrotympanum — Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 340.
Tomopterna scorteccii Balletto, Cherchi, and Lanza, 1978, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 11: 103. Holotype: MZUF 10044, by original designation. Type locality: "Gardò (09°29′N—49°02′E; northeastern Somalia). . . . about 800 m". Synonymy by Balletto, Cherchi, and Lanza, 1980, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 13: 141–149.
Hildebrandtia macrotympanum — Balletto, Cherchi, and Lanza, 1980, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 13: 141–149.
Hildebrandtia (Hildebrandtia) macrotympanum — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 56.
English Names
Somali Ornate Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 99).
Northern Ornate Frog (Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 265).
Plain Burrowing Frog (Largen and Spawls, 2010, Amph. Rept. Ethiopia Eritrea: 192).
Distribution
Southern Ethiopia , Somalia south of the Horn of Africa, and southern Kenya seemingly in disjunct segments.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia
Comment
Balletto, Cherchi, and Lanza, 1980, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 13: 141–149, discussed this species and removed it from the synonymy of Hildebrandtia ornata, where it had been placed by Loveridge, 1957, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 117: 345. Largen, 2001, Tropical Zool., 14: 333, commented on distribution. Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 265–266, provided an account. See account, photograph, and map for Ethiopia by Largen and Spawls, 2010, Amph. Rept. Ethiopia Eritrea: 192–193. Malonza, Lötters, and Measey, 2010, J. E. Afr. Nat. Hist., 99: 56, commented on range, habitat, and conservation status in the Taita Hills of Kenya. Spawls, Wasonga, and Drewes, 2019, Amph. Kenya: 38, provided a photograph, range map, and brief characterization. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 322–323, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map.
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