AmphibiaWeb - Hyperolius lucani
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Hyperolius lucani Rochebrune, 1885
family: Hyperoliidae
genus: Hyperolius
Conservation Status (definitions)
IUCN Red List Status Account Data Deficient (DD)
CITES No CITES Listing
National Status None
Regional Status None

   

 
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Distribution and Habitat

Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Angola

 
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Comments
Nomen dubium. The taxonomic validity of this species is questionable. The type is known only from the (untraceable) type locality of "Locam Landana dictum, in frondibus Borassorum", Cabinda, Angola (de Rochebrune 1885). Hyperolius lucani is probably a synonym of Hyperolius ocellatus.

References

de Rochebrune, A. T. (1885). ''Vertebratorum novorum vel minus cognitorum orae Africae occidentalis incolarum. Diagnoses. (Ser.7).'' Bull. Soc. Philomath. Paris., 9, 86-99.



Originally submitted by: Arne Schiøtz (first posted 2008-03-02)

Species Account Citation: AmphibiaWeb 2008 Hyperolius lucani <https://amphibiaweb.org/species/548> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed Dec 23, 2024.



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