Hyperolius quinquevittatus Bocage, 1866

Conradie, Werner, Keates, Chad, Verburgt, Luke, Baptista, Ninda L. & Harvey, James, 2023, Contributions to the herpetofauna of the Angolan Okavango- Cuando-Zambezi river drainages. Part 3: Amphibians, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 325) 17 (1), pp. 19-56 : 35

Hyperolius quinquevittatus Bocage, 1866

Five-striped Reed Frog ( Fig. 18 ; Map 17 )

Material (1 specimen): P2-273 (photograph and tissue sample only), wetland near old quarry east of Quemba, -12.16960° 18.22965°, 1,353 m asl. Description: Medium sized reed frog; pointed snout; long slender limbs. Dorsum dark brown, with a single vertebral and two dorsolateral light green stripes. Habitat and natural history notes: Found in a flooded grassland, surrounded by miombo woodland. Founded syntopically with Kassinula wittei , Hyperolius raymondi , and H. cf. inyangae . Comments: This record represents an eastward range extension in Angola. It has been recorded from northwestern Zambia ( Poynton and Broadley 1987, 1991; Channing 2001; Bittencourt 2019), and like Kassinula wittei and Kassina kuvangensis , this species is thus expected to occur to the north and east of the defined study area.

Figures

Map 17. Distribution of Hyperolius quinquevittatus in Angola.

Fig. 18. Adult male Hyperolius quinquevittatus from wetland east of Quemba town. Photo by Pedro Vaz Pinto.