Tanzania collections

Tanzania
Amphibia / general collection

The fauna of Amphibia in Tanzania can be divided into three "guilds"; one connected with grassland/savanna ("savanicolous"), one with the isolated patches of moist evergreen forest ("sylvicolous"), and a third ("parasylvicolous") connected with dry forest, gallery forests in the savanna, degraded habitats in the moist evergreen forests, etc.
The savanicolous guild is generally found throughout the contry in suitable habitats, while the two forest-connected guilds are found in two areas with no species in common, namely forests in westernmost Tanzania with a fauna in common with central Africa, and an eastern forest block with affinities to forests of SE Somalia, the Kenya coast and Mozambique. While the parasylvicolous fauna is widespread in the eastern forest block with its mosaic of savanna and dry forest, the true sylvicolous fauna is only found in the forests of the Eastern Arc Mountains. The entire sylvicolous fauna here - at least 40 species of Amphibia, including 5 endemic genera - is endemic or near-endemic to these forests.

For more information, please contact Professor, Dr. scient., Jon Fjeldså or assistant curator Mogens Andersen.

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	Order	Family	Current name	Synonym used in ZMUC collection	Material in ZMUC	Animal Voice	Additional information Large images
1	Anura	Arthroleptidae	Arthroleptis adolfifriederici Nieden, 1911	Current name used	Material
2	Anura	Arthroleptidae	Arthroleptis affinis Ahl, 1939	Current name used	Material
3	Anura	Arthroleptidae	Arthroleptis reichei Nieden, 1911	Current name used	Material
4	Anura	Arthroleptidae	Arthroleptis stenodactylus Pfeffer, 1893	Current name used	Material
5	Anura	Arthroleptidae	Arthroleptis tanneri Grandison, 1983	Current name used	Material
6	Anura	Arthroleptidae	Arthroleptis xenodactyloides Hewitt, 1933	Current name used	Material
7	Anura	Arthroleptidae	Arthroleptis xenodactylus Boulenger, 1909	Current name used	Material

8	Anura	Bufonidae	Amietophrynus brauni (Nieden, 1911)	Bufo brauni Nieden, 1911	Material	Voice: YES
9	Anura	Bufonidae	Amietophrynus gutturalis (Power, 1927)	Bufo gutturalis Tandy & Keith, 1972	Material
10	Anura	Bufonidae	Amietophrynus regularis (Reuss, 1833)	Bufo regularis Reuss, 1833	Material	Voice: YES
11	Anura	Bufonidae	Nectophrynoides tornieri (Roux, 1906)	Current name used	Material	Voice: YES
12	Anura	Bufonidae	Nectophrynoides viviparus (Tornier, 1905)	Current name used	Material
13	Anura	Bufonidae	Mertensophryne micranotis (Loveridge, 1925)	Current name used	Material

14	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Afrixalus delicatus Pickersgill, 1984	Current name used	Material
15	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Afrixalus fornasini (Bianconi, 1849)	Current name used	Material	Voice: YES
16	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Afrixalus quadrivittatus (Cope, 1861)	Current name used	Material
17	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Afrixalus morerei Dubois, 1985	Current name used	Material
18	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Afrixalus stuhlmanni (Pfeffer, 1893)	Current name used	Material
19	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Afrixalus sylvaticus Schiøtz, 1975	Current name used	Material
20	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Afrixalus uluguruensis (Barbour & Loveridge, 1928)	Current name used	Material
21	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius argus Peters, 1854	Current name used	Material	Voice: YES
22	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius benguellensis Bocage, 1893	Current name used	Material
23	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius cinnamomeoventris Bocage, 1866	Current name used	Material	Voice: YES
24	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius kihangensis A. Schiøtz & Westergaard, 1999	Current name used	Material
25	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius kivuensis Ahl, 1931	Hyperolius kivuensis bituberculatus Laurent, 1950	Material
26	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius kivuensis Ahl, 1931	Hyperolius kivuensis kivuensis Schiøtz, 1975	Material
27	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius lateralis Laurent, 1940	Current name used	Material
28	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius minutissimus Schiøtz, 1975	Current name used	Material
29	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius mitchelli Loveridge, 1953	Current name used	Material
30	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius nasutus Günther, 1865	Current name used	Material	Voice: YES
31	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius parkeri Loveridge, 1933	Current name used	Material
32	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius pictus Ahl, 1931	Current name used	Material
33	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius pseudargus A. Schiøtz & Westergaard, 1999	Current name used	Material
34	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius puncticulatus (Pfeffer, 1893)	Current name used	Material	Voice: YES
35	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius pusillus (Cope, 1862)	Current name used	Material
36	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius quinquevittatus Bocage, 1866	Current name used	Material
37	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius spinigularis Stevens, 1971	Current name used	Material
38	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius tannerorum Schiøtz, 1982	Current name used	Material
39	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius tuberilinguis Smith, 1849	Current name used	Material	Voice: YES
40	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius viridiflavus argentovittis Author name ?	Hyperolius parallelus argentovittis Schiøtz, 1975	Material
41	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius mariae Barbour & Loveridge 1928	Hyperolius viridiflavus bitaeniatus Schiøtz, 1975	Material	Voice: YES
42	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius glandicolor Peters 1878	Hyperolius viridiflavus ferniquei Ahl, 1931	Material
43	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius glandicolor Peters 1878	Hyperolius viridiflavus goetzei Ahl, 1931	Material
44	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius mariae Barbour & Loveridge 1928	Hyperolius viridiflavus mariae Barbour & Loveridge, 1928	Material	Voice: YES
45	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius marginatus Peters, 1854	Current name used	Material
46	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius viridiflavus ngorongorensis Schiøtz, 1975	Current name used	Material
47	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius viridiflavus mwanzae Schiøtz, 1975	Current name used	Material
48	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius viridiflavus ommatostictus Laurent, 1951	Current name used	Material
49	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius viridiflavus (Dumeril & Bibron 1841)	Hyperolius viridiflavus variabilis Laurent, 1951	Material
50	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius viridiflavus reesi Schiøtz, 1982	Current name used	Material
51	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius viridis Schiøtz, 1975	Current name used	Material
52	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Kassina senegalensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)	Current name used	Material	Voice: YES
53	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Leptopelis argenteus argenteus (Pfeffer, 1893)	Current name used	Material
54	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Leptopelis barbouri Ahl, 1929	Current name used	Material
55	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Leptopelis bocagii (Günther, 1865)	Current name used	Material	Voice: YES
56	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Leptopelis christyi (Boulenger, 1912)	Current name used	Material
57	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Leptopelis flavomaculatus (Günther, 1864)	Current name used	Material	Voice: YES
58	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Leptopelis parkeri Barbour & Loveridge, 1928	Current name used	Material
59	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Leptopelis parbocagii Poynton and Broadley, 1987	Current name used	Material
60	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Leptopelis uluguruensis Barbour & Loveridge, 1928	Current name used	Material	Voice: YES
61	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Leptopelis vermiculatus (Boulenger, 1909)	Current name used	Material
62	Anura	Hyperoliidae	Phlyctimantis keithae Schiøtz, 1975	Current name used	Material

63	Anura	Microhylidae	Callulina kreffti Nieden, 1911	Current name used	Material
64	Anura	Microhylidae	Hoplophryne rogersi Barbour & Loveridge, 1928	Current name used	Material
65	Anura	Microhylidae	Hoplophryne uluguruensis Barbour & Loveridge, 1928	Current name used	Material
66	Anura	Microhylidae	Probreviceps macrodactylus (Nieden, 1926)	Current name used	Material
67	Anura	Microhylidae	Probreviceps uluguruensis (Loveridge, 1925)	Current name used	Material

68	Anura	Ranidae	Phrynobatrachus krefftii Boulenger, 1909	Current name used	Material
69	Anura	Ranidae	Phrynobatrachus uzungwensis Grandison & Howell, 1984	Current name used	Material		Comming soon
70	Anura	Ranidae	Amietia angolensis (Bocage, 1866)	Rana angolensis, Bocage, 1866	Material	Voice: YES
71	Anura	Ranidae	Hylarana galamensis (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)	Rana galamensis Duméril & Bibron, 1841	Material	Voice: YES
72	Anura	Ranidae	Phrynomantis bifasciatus (Smith, 1847)	Phrynomerus bifasciatus Noble, 1926	Material
73	Anura	Ranidae	Ptychadena anchietae (Bocage, 1868)	Current name used	Material	Voice: YES
74	Anura	Ranidae	Ptychadena uzungwensis (Loveridge, 1932)	Current name used	Material
75	Anura	Ranidae	Pyxicephalus adspersus Tschudi, 1838	Current name used	Material

76	Anura	Rhacophoridae	Chiromantis petersii Boulenger, 1882	Current name used	Material	Voice: YES
77	Anura	Rhacophoridae	Chiromantis xerampelina Peters, 1854	Current name used	Material

78	Anura	Petropedetidae	Petropedetes martiensseni (Nieden, 1911)	Arthroleptides martiensseni Nieden, 1911	Material

79	Gymnophiona	Caeciliidae	Boulengerula boulengeri Tornier, 1896	Current name used	Material

80	Gymnophiona	Scoleomorphidae	Scolecomorphus vittatus (Boulenger, 1895)	Current name used	Material

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