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Rana hymenopus Boulenger 1920

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Description

Identification of Rana hymenopus Boulenger, 1920

I examined the type NHMUK 1947.2.28.65, and compared the description with representative specimens of the Maluti River Frog AACRG 1105 and the Phofung River Frog AACRG 0 648, and other material listed in the appendix. Four statements confirm that the description refers to the Phofung River Frog, while the rest of the description is not diagnostic—Snout rounded, scarcely projecting, a little longer than the eye; interorbital width three-fourths that of the upper eyelid; three phalanges of fourth toe free of web (toes half webbed); two phalanges of third and fifth toes free of web. The type (Fig. 2) is in good condition, and can confidently be recognised as a Phofung River Frog.

Notes

Published as part of Channing, Alan, 2015, The Maluti Mystery revisited: Taxonomy of African River Frogs (Pyxicephalidae, Amietia) on the Drakensberg Mountains in southern Africa, pp. 271-280 in Zootaxa 3925 (2) on page 276, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3925.2.8, http://zenodo.org/record/236789

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Boulenger
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Anura
Family
Ranidae
Genus
Rana
Species
hymenopus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Rana hymenopus Boulenger, 1920 sec. Channing, 2015

References

  • Boulenger, G. A. (1920) Descriptions of three new frogs in the collection of the British Museum. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 6, 106. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222932008632416