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Afrixalus morerei
Dubois, 1985
Current name:
Afrixalus morerei
Holotype: ZMUC R079447
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Original description
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Additional information

Afrixalus p. pygmaeus (part.) Schiøtz 1974, 1975 Afrixalus dabagae Pickersgill 1992
A small (21-23 mm). Afrixalus from the open grasslands in the Udzungwas. Dorsum light with a pair of parallel dark dorsolateral lines from behind the eye to the groin where they merge into the dark lateral bands. No dark occipital patch (headspot). Dorsal asperities minute, weak or absent.
[References: Schiøtz, 1974. Revision of the genus Afrixalus in Eastern Africa. Vidensk. Meddr. Dansk Naturh. Foren. 137, 9-18. Dubois, 1985. Miscellania nomenclatorica betrachologica (IX). Alytes 4 (3): 97-100. Pickersgill, 1992. A new species of Afrixalus from eastern Africa. Steenstrupia, 18 (8), 145-148]
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Estimated African distribution:
The Copenhagen databases of African vertebrates: Afrixalus morerei
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