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Hyperolius pseudargus
Schiøtz & Westergaard, 1999
Current name: Hyperolius pseudargus
Holotype: ZMUC R77858 |
Material in: ZMUC |
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Original description
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Additional information
A large (32-35 mm.) Hyperolius from open farmland in the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania. Males green. Similar to H. argus, but less webbed and with a very different voice, a fast series of very loud clicks.
Colour.- Dorsum light green in males with minute bronze spots. Upper eyelid dark bronze. Yellow-green dorsolateral and canthal stripe. Gular sac bluish when dilated, yellow green when in rest. Ventrum, hands and feet yellowish green. Females are unknown.
[References: Schiøtz & Westergaard in Schiøtz, 1999. Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira. Schiøtz & Westergaard, 2000.Notes on some Hyperolius from Tanzania with the description of two new species. Steenstrupia, 25 (1): 1-9] |
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Estimated African distribution:
The Copenhagen databases of African vertebrates: Hyperolius pseudargus |
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