Topic
Hyperolius mitchelli
About: Hyperolius mitchelli is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2 publications have been published within this topic receiving 9 citations. The topic is also known as: Mitchell's Reed Frog.
Papers
TL;DR: This study reassesses the relationships of these closely related species with new field sampling, molecular, morphological and bioacoustics analyses, and assigns H. mitchelli as a new population of H. rubrovermiculatus with distinct colouration, extending the range of this species from Kenya into northern Tanzania.
Abstract: The taxonomic validity of the East African reed frogs Hyperolius mitchelli Loveridge, 1953 and Hyperolius rubrovermiculatus Schiotz, 1975 has been questioned in the literature, with the latter havi
TL;DR: A new species of African reed frog is described from the Coastal Forests of the Eastern Africa Biodiversity Hotspot in northeastern Mozambique, which is distinguished from other closely related Hyperolius species by genetic divergence, morphology, vocalisation, and dorsal colouration.
Abstract: A new species of African reed frog (genus Hyperolius Rapp, 1842) is described from the Coastal Forests of the Eastern Africa Biodiversity Hotspot in northeastern Mozambique. It is currently only known from less than ten localities associated with the Mozambican coastal pans system, but may also occur in the southeastern corner of Tanzania. Phylogenetic reconstructions using the mitochondrial 16S marker revealed that it is the sister taxon of Hyperolius mitchelli (>5.6% 16S mtDNA sequence divergence) and forms part of a larger H. mitchelli complex with H. mitchelli and H. rubrovermiculatus. The new species is distinguished from other closely related Hyperolius species by genetic divergence, morphology, vocalisation, and dorsal colouration.
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| Year | Papers |
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| 2020 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 |