A new species of Hyperolius Rapp, 1842 (Anura: Hyperoliidae) from the Serra da Chela mountains, south–western Angola
| dc.contributor.author | Conradie, Werner | |
| dc.contributor.author | Measey, G. John | |
| dc.contributor.author | Branch, William R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tolley, Krystal A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-27T07:28:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-27T07:28:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A new species of African reed frog (genus Hyperolius Rapp, 1842) is described from a high altitude, forested gorge in the Serra da Chela mountain range near the village of Humpata, Lubango area, Huila Province, south-western Angola. It is currently only known from its type locality. Phylogenetic reconstruction using the mitochondrial 16S marker reveals that it is the sister taxon of the poorly known Hyperolius cinereus (>4% sequence divergence) also described from Angola, and forms part of a larger clade comprising H. platyceps. The new species is distinguished from other closely related Hyperolius species by genetic divergence, vocalisation, an unusual torrent stream habitat, and colouration | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | SANBI and the South African National Research Foundation (NRF) through the Reptile Speciation Project (GJM and KAT). Financial support in the field (WRB and WC) covered by NRF Glue funding to WRB. National Geographic Society Grant (#891-11) provided financial support for the 2011 Lagoa Carumbo project | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Conradie, W. et al. 2012. A new species of Hyperolius Rapp, 1842 (Anura: Hyperoliidae) from the Serra da Chela mountains, south–western Angola. Zootaxa, 3269:1-17. [http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/] | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1175-5326 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1175-5334 (Online) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/17518 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03269p017f.pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Magnolia Press | en_US |
| dc.subject | Amphibian, Hyperoliidae, Hyperolius, Reed frog, Biodiversity, Afromontane, Angola | en_US |
| dc.subject | Amphibian | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hyperoliidae | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hyperolius | en_US |
| dc.subject | Reed frog | en_US |
| dc.subject | biodiversity | en_US |
| dc.subject | Afromontane | en_US |
| dc.subject | Angola | en_US |
| dc.title | A new species of Hyperolius Rapp, 1842 (Anura: Hyperoliidae) from the Serra da Chela mountains, south–western Angola | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |