New Reed Frog from Mozambique

https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4379.2.2

Hyperolius stictus
Diagnosed by the lack of: spines on throat, heel spot, dorsolateral stripes, canthal stripe(extending to snout), light triangle on snout, translucent green belly, white gular disc.
It has small yellow spots on the sides of the back.

Male colouration in life.

Found in northern Mozambique.

Conradie, W., Verburgt, L., Portik, D.M., Ohler, A., Bwong, B.A. and Lawson, L.P. 2018. A new Reed Frog (Hyperoliidae: Hyperolius) from coastal northeastern Mozambique. Zootaxa. 4374 (2). 177-198.

(Thanks to Alex [@alexanderr] for writing this up)

Publicado el 03 de abril de 2018 a las 02:37 AM por calebcam calebcam

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Thanks, unfortunately the photos are icons

Anotado por i_c_riddell hace cerca de 6 años

Oops! Let me try to fix that... sorry!

Anotado por calebcam hace cerca de 6 años

Fixed, I think.

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