Hyperolius marginatus Peters, 1854
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Hyperolius marginatus Peters, 1854 View in CoL .
Hyperolius marginatus Peters, 1854 View in CoL . ZMB 4806, “Macanga”, Mozambique. Back yellow with dark red spots, lower femur pink. A dark lateral line runs from the top of the snout to the sacrum, with similar dorso-lateral bands starting behind each eye, with short bands running from the sacrum to the vent.
Rappia undulata Boulenger, 1901 View in CoL . MRAC and BMNH 1947.2.9.64, “Pweto et de Lofoi”, DRC. Synonymy by Laurent (1983). Brown above, with a symmetrical dark marking with a pale border. An irregular pale line on the side of the head and body forming an hourglass pattern on the back. Inside of limbs pink.
Rappia rhodoscelis Boulenger, 1901 View in CoL . MRAC and BMNH 1947.2.9.44–45, “Pweto”. It was previously placed as a synonym of H. marmoratus View in CoL (see Frost 2021). The H. marmoratus View in CoL clade does not occur in southern DRC. Greybrown above, with a pale lateral band from the shoulder. Very fine dark speckle on the limbs.
Hyperolius argentovittis Ahl, 1931 View in CoL . ZMB 85718, “Ujiji”, (Udjidji) Tanzania. Synonymy by Laurent (1961). Colour in alcohol: Above yellow-brown with three silver-white longitudinal bands. The lateral bands originate behind the eyes. Illustrated in Tillack et al. fig. 5 (2021).
Hyperolius udjidjiensis Ahl, 1931 View in CoL . ZMB 36101, “Udjidji”, Tanzania. Synonymy by Wieczorek et al. (2000). Colour in alcohol: Above pale grey with many small rounded or rectangular markings, often overlapping. Visible parts of limbs the same colour. The markings are a distinct pale brown.
Hyperolius graueri Ahl, 1931 ZMB View in CoL 85758, “Westliches Russisi-Ufer und Nordwestufer des Tanganyika-see’s” (Rusizi River west bank and NW Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania). Considered a synonym of Hyperolius marmoratus argentovittis View in CoL by Laurent (1952).
Hyperolius marmoratus pyrrhodictyon Laurent, 1965 View in CoL . MCZ A-46182 “Mazabuka, in the water-grass fringe of the Kafue River” Zambia. Previously placed as a full species H. pyrrhodictyon Laurent, 1965 View in CoL , it falls within the distribution of the H. marginatus View in CoL clade, and there is no molecular evidence to maintain its species status. The back has no marbling or any spots, but there is a dark red network on the throat and belly.
Hyperolius melanoleucus Laurent, 1941 View in CoL . MRAC 35962–67 Lukafu, DRC. Synonymy by Wieczorek et al. (2000). Colour in alcohol: Back black or brown spotted, with a dark mark from between the eyes to the mid back, and two dark lateral markings, sometimes pale, or with a pattern in white consisting of a medio-dorsal stripe, sometimes interrupted, from snout tip to vent. Two lateral lines starting from the eyelid. Sometimes a dark back with a broad pale vertebral stripe, and an irregular pale lateral line.
Hyperolius melanoleucus kandoensis Laurent, 1943 View in CoL . MRAC 1394, “Kando (près de Tenke, Katanga Province)” DRC. Implied synonymy by Wieczorek et al. (2000). Hyperolius marmoratus View in CoL does not occur in the DRC. Colouration very variable. Three irregular longitudinal white bands, confluent with other markings, producing a marbling effect.
Hyperolius lestagei Laurent, 1943 View in CoL . MRAC 39679, “Luapula, (près du Lac Bengwelo)” Luapula Province, DRC. Placed as a synonym of H. marmoratus View in CoL by Schiøtz (1975). However, the clade identified as H. marmoratus View in CoL does not occur in the DRC. Colour in alcohol: back and visible parts of the limbs uniform grey or blackish, without markings.
Hyperolius angolensis straeleni Laurent, 1943 View in CoL . IRSNB 1.040, “Bukama (Lualaba)”, DRC. Placed as a synonym of H. marginatus View in CoL by Wieczorek et al. (2000). Two patterns were described. The first consists of a symmetrical, or nearly symmetrical broad vertebral stripe, that may be interrupted, with large irregular markings along the flanks. Tibia marbled. The second pattern consists of a red-brown background with pale vermiculation.
Hyperolius marmoratus rhodesianus Laurent, 1948 View in CoL . BMNH 1937.1.5.1, Matetsi, Zimbabwe. Previously regarded as a good species H. rhodesianus Laurent, 1948 View in CoL , it is placed as a synonym of H. marginatus View in CoL as it occurs close to the localities of sequences ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 ) forming the H. marginatus View in CoL clade. Dark lateral area without a pale stripe, and greyish dots on the back, all weakly pigmented.
Hyperolius marmoratus aposematicus Laurent, 1951 View in CoL . MNHNP 33.295, “Lealui s/Zambèze, Rhodesie” ( Zambia). The H. marmoratus View in CoL clade does not extend this far west. The type locality is between sequenced material in the H. marginatus View in CoL clade. Adult colouration variable, with three wide pale bands and two pale lumbar marks, or black spots, rounded or elongated, separated from each other.
Hyperolius decipiens View in CoL and H. callichromus View in CoL (only specimens from north-west Lake Tanganyika), were removed from the synonymy of H. marginatus View in CoL which does not occur there, and placed in H. parallelus .
Hyperolius albofasciatus Hoffman, 1944 View in CoL was removed from the synonymy of H. marginatus View in CoL and placed as a synonym of H. marmoratus View in CoL based on its type locality (Umbe, Malawi) within the distribution of the H. marmoratus View in CoL clade. It was previously placed as a subspecies of H. marmoratus View in CoL by Loveridge (1953).
Hyperolius brieni Laurent, 1943 View in CoL . Schiøtz (1975) placed it as a synonym of H. marginatus View in CoL , but the type locality is close to sequenced material of the H. parallelus clade, with which it is regarded as a synonym.
Sequences were available from Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and western Tanzania ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 ). The minimum uncorrected p- distances from other clades were 2.4–5.3% ( Table 2 View TABLE 2 ). The sequences were reported in GenBank as Hyperolius marginatus , H. viridiflavus aposematicus , H. v. marginatus , H. v. melanoleucus , H. v. pyrrhodictyon , H. v. rhodesianus , H. pyrrhodictyon , and H. parallelus alborufus . Although there are no sequences available from the type locality of Macanga in northern Mozambique, the clade occupies the area where Schitz (1999) mapped H. marginatus . The conservative approach of assigning this clade to H. marginatus thus seems prudent. The type localities of taxa considered junior synonyms of H. marginatus are listed in Table 3 View TABLE 3 .
The most common pattern element in the descriptions of the types included in H. marginatus is a pale lateral band (58%), followed by a pale vertebral stripe (42%) and dorsal marbling (33%). The percentages are not additive, as the elements may be shared.
The advertisement call of a specimen from Lusaka, Zambia consists of a series of clicks ( Schiøtz 1975, (no voucher) as H. paralellus melanoleucus ) with an emphasised frequency of 2150 Hz. A call from Livingstone, Zambia is similar, with an emphasised frequency of 2000 Hz ( Schiøtz 1975, (no voucher) as H. p. aposematicus). A call from Kachalola, Zambia has an emphasised frequency of 2100 Hz ( Schiøtz 1975, (no voucher) as H. marginatus ). The call is identical to those from Kitwe, Zambia (as H. melanoleucus ), Solwezi, Zambia (as H. alborufus ) and Nkotakota, Malawi (as H. marginatus ) ( Pickersgill 2007). Calls in Kasanka National Park (no vouchers) are brief (0.07 s) at an emphasised frequency of 2497 Hz.
Ahl, E. (1931) Zur Systematik der afrikanischen Arten der Baumfroschgattung Hyperolius (Amph. Anur.). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 17, 1 - 132.
Laurent, R. (1948 1947 ) Two new forms of the genus Hyperolius. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 2, 14, 294 - 296.
Laurent, R. (1952) Apercu des formes actuellement reconnaissables dans la superespece Hyperolius marmoratus. Annales Societ Royale Zoologique de Belgique, 82, 379 - 397.
Laurent, R. F. (1961) Note sur les Hyperolius et quelques Afrixalus (Salientia) du Musee de Berlin. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 64, 65 - 96.
Laurent, R. F. (1965) The geographical variation of the frog Hyperolius marmoratus (family Hyperoliidae) in Rhodesia, Nyasaland and Tanganyika. Breviora, 219, 1 - 9.
Laurent, R. F. (1983) La superespece Hyperolius viridiflavus (Dumeril & Bibron, 1841) (Anura Hyperoliidae) en Afrique Centrale. Monitore Zoologico Italiano, New Series, Supplement 18, 1 - 93.
Laurent, R. (1943 a) Les Hyperolius (Batraciens) du Musee du Congo. Annales du Musee du Congo Belge, 4, 61 - 140.
Laurent, R. (1951 a) Catalogue des rainettes africaines (genres Afrixalus et Hyperolius) de la collection du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Annales Societ Royale Zoologique de Belgique, 82, 23 - 50.
Pickersgill, M. (2007) Frog Search. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 574 pp.
Schiotz, A. (1975) The treefrogs of Eastern Africa. Steenstrupia, Copenhagen, 232 pp.
Wieczorek, A., Drewes, R. C. & Channing, A. (2000) Phylogenetic relationships within the Hyperolius viridiflavus complex (Anura: Hyperoliidae), and comments on taxonomic status. Amphibia-Reptilia, 22, 155 - 166. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 15685380152030382
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Hyperolius marginatus Peters, 1854
Channing, Alan 2022 |
Hyperolius marmoratus pyrrhodictyon
Laurent 1965 |
H. pyrrhodictyon
Laurent 1965 |
Hyperolius marmoratus aposematicus
Laurent 1951 |
Hyperolius marmoratus rhodesianus
Laurent 1948 |
H. rhodesianus
Laurent 1948 |
Hyperolius albofasciatus
Hoffman 1944 |
Hyperolius melanoleucus kandoensis
Laurent 1943 |
Hyperolius lestagei
Laurent 1943 |
Hyperolius angolensis straeleni
Laurent 1943 |
Hyperolius brieni
Laurent 1943 |
Hyperolius melanoleucus
Laurent 1941 |
Hyperolius argentovittis
Ahl 1931 |
Hyperolius udjidjiensis
Ahl 1931 |
Hyperolius graueri
Ahl 1931 |
Hyperolius marmoratus argentovittis
Ahl 1931 |
Hyperolius decipiens
Ahl 1931 |
H. callichromus
Ahl 1931 |
Rappia undulata
Boulenger 1901 |
Rappia rhodoscelis
Boulenger 1901 |
Hyperolius marginatus
Peters 1854 |
H. marginatus
Peters 1854 |
Hyperolius marginatus
Peters 1854 |
H. marginatus
Peters 1854 |
H. marginatus
Peters 1854 |
H. marginatus
Peters 1854 |
H. marginatus
Peters 1854 |
H. marginatus
Peters 1854 |
H. marginatus
Peters 1854 |
H. marginatus
Peters 1854 |
H. marmoratus
Rapp 1842 |
H. marmoratus
Rapp 1842 |
Hyperolius marmoratus
Rapp 1842 |
H. marmoratus
Rapp 1842 |
H. marmoratus
Rapp 1842 |
H. marmoratus
Rapp 1842 |
H. marmoratus
Rapp 1842 |
H. marmoratus
Rapp 1842 |
H. marmoratus
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