Hyperolius nasicus Laurent, 1943

Bittencourt-Silva Keywords., Gabriela B., 2019, A herpetological survey of western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 181) 13 (2), pp. 1-28 : 6

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13236926

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scientific name

Hyperolius nasicus Laurent, 1943
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Pointed Long Reed Frog

Material. NANZILA PLAINS BMNH 2018.5666 ( Fig. 3N View Fig ). Comments: This single specimen was collected during the day while resting on vegetation ca. 1 m above the ground in dambo. The specimen fits the morphological description of the species provided by Channing et al. (2013): when viewed in profile the snout has a shark-like tip, and the first, third, and fifth toes have one phalanx free (or nearly free) of webbing (see Fig. 4 View Fig ), distinguishing it from all the other species. The closest match on GenBank (98–99% sequence similarity) is Hyperolius inyangae ( JQ 863674, JQ 863683–84), which is only known from the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe and Malawi ( Channing et al. 2013). Although Channing et al. (2013) provide accession numbers for the genetic material of H. nasicus , no sequences could be found on GenBank under this species name. This could be due to sequence mislabelling and the accession numbers associated with H. inyangae may actually be from H. nasicus .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Hyperoliidae

Genus

Hyperolius

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