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Ptychadena guibei Laurent, 1954
Ptychadena chrysogaster guibei Laurent, 1954, Ann. Mus. R. Congo Belge, Tervuren, Zool., 34: 23. Holotype: MD 2097, by original designation. Type locality: "Muita, Luembe E, Angola".
Rana (Ptychadena) chrysogaster guibei — Schmidt and Inger, 1959, Explor. Parc Natl. Upemba, Miss. G.F. de Witte, 56: 68.
Ptychadena guibei — Poynton and Broadley, 1985, Ann. Natal Mus., 27: 154.
Ptychadena (Ptychadena) guibei — Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 316.
English Names
Guibe's Yellow-bellied Grass Frog (Lambiris, 1990 "1989", Monogr. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 10: 118).
Guibe's Grassland Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 105).
Guibe's Ridged Frog (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 326).
Guibe's Grass Frog (Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 308).
Distribution
Scattered localities in northern Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, southern Dem. Rep. Congo, Rwanda, and eastern Angola south to Caprivi region of Namibia and adjacent Botswana.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural resident: Angola, Botswana, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Comment
See accounts by Schmidt and Inger, 1959, Explor. Parc Natl. Upemba, Miss. G.F. de Witte, 56: 65, Poynton and Broadley, 1985, Ann. Natal Mus., 27: 154, Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 326-327, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 308-309. Mercurio, 2011, Amph. Malawi: 255, provided an account for Malawi. Ohler and Frétey, 2014, J. E. Afr. Nat. Hist., 103: 96–98, provided a brief discussion of a collection from northern Mozambique. Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott, and Tolley, 2016, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 92: 163–180, reported a population from Mount M'pàluwé, Nampula Province, Mozambique. Marques, Ceríaco, Blackburn, and Bauer, 2018, Proc. California Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 65 (Suppl. II): 133–134, provided a map for Angola and brief discussion of literature. See Bittencourt-Silva, 2019, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 13 (2: e181): 11, commented on confusion with Ptychadena mossambica and Ptychadena schillukorum in western Zambia. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 346–347, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. Dehling, Mindje, and Sinsch, 2023, Salamandra, 59: 42–50, reported on the range in Rwanda, the morphological diagnosis, and call characteristics. Dehling and Sinsch, 2023, Diversity, 15 (512): 1–81, discussed the range, identification, natural history, advertisement call, and conservation status in Rwanda.
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