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Hyperolius viridiflavus mwanzae
Schiøtz, 1975
Current name:
Hyperolius viridiflavus mwanzae
Holotype: ZMUC R078836
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Original description
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Additional information


Dorsum and limbs translucent green, sometimes with bluish green spots. Ventrum white or green. Throat of males yellow or green.
A very distinct form with a unique coloration, not met in any other member of the superspecies.
Collected in swamps near Lake Victoria in the vicinity of Mwanza.

[Reference: Schiøtz, 1975. The treefrogs of Eastern Africa. Steenstrupia, 1-232]
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Estimated African distribution:
The Copenhagen databases of African vertebrates: Hyperolius viridiflavus mwanzae
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