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Amphibia-Anura / type 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 Genus Species Author Specimen
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status 		Sex Country Locality Collector Georeference Current name Material
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Anura Hyperoliidae Afrixalus morerei Dubois, 1985 R079447 Holotype Male Tanzania Dabaga,
Iringa		 Schiøtz 08°07’S
35°55’E		 Afrixalus morerei Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
Anura Hyperoliidae Afrixalus sylvaticus Schiøtz, 1975 R073862 Holotype Male Tanzania Kwale Forest
 Schiøtz 04°11’S
39°37’E		 Afrixalus sylvaticus Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
Anura Hyperoliidae Hyperolius kihangensis A. Schiøtz & Westergaard, 1999 R77861 Holotype Male Tanzania Udzungwa Scarp Forest,
Udzungwa Mts.		 Schiøtz & Westergaard 08°22’S
35°58’E		 Hyperolius kihangensis Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
Anura Hyperoliidae Hyperolius minutissimus Schiøtz, 1975 R079213 Holotype Male Tanzania Njombe
 Schiøtz 09°20’S
34°46’E		 Hyperolius minutissimus Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
Anura Hyperoliidae Hyperolius pseudargus Schiøtz & Westergaard, 1999 R77858 Holotype Male Tanzania Masisiwe village,
Udzungwa Mts.		 Schiøtz &
Westergaard		 08°17'S
35°54'E 		Hyperolius pseudargus Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
Anura Hyperoliidae Hyperolius tannerorum Schiøtz, 1982 R77372 Holotype Male Tanzania Mazumbai,
West Usambara Mts.		 Schiøtz 04°48’S
38°30’E		 Hyperolius tannerorum Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
Anura Hyperoliidae Hyperolius viridiflavus mwanzae Schiøtz, 1975 R078836 Holotype Male Tanzania Mwanza
 Schiøtz 02°31’S
32°54’E		 Hyperolius viridiflavus mwanzae Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
Anura Hyperoliidae Hyperolius viridiflavus ngorongorensis Schiøtz, 1975 R079324 Holotype Male Tanzania Ngorongoro Crater Rim,
Ngorongoro		 Schiøtz 03°10’S
35°35’E		 Hyperolius viridiflavus ngorongorensis Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
Anura Hyperoliidae Hyperolius viridiflavus reesi Schiøtz, 1982 R077205 Holotype Male Tanzania Magombero Forest
 Schiøtz 08°30'S
36°20'E 		Hyperolius viridiflavus reesi Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
Anura Hyperoliidae Hyperolius viridis Schiøtz, 1975 R079491 Holotype Male Tanzania Mbeya
 Schiøtz 09°14’S
33°08’E		 Hyperolius viridis Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data



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