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Issue: Vol. 3441 No. 1: 28 Aug. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-08-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3441.1.5
Page range: 56–58
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of the tadpole of Hylarana darlingi Boulenger 1902 (Anura: Ranidae) from the Mulanje Area, Malawi

Department of Herpetology, Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld), P.O. Box 13147, Humewood 6013, South Africa South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa

Abstract

The generic placement of the African Hylarana is still under debate (Frost 2011). We follow the latest taxonomy (Frost 2011) and refer to the genus as Hylarana. Of the eleven African species, only H. darlingi and H. galamensis have been recorded from Malawi (Mercurio 2011). We report the second confirmed record of H. darlingi in Malawi. Tadpoles of African Hylarana species are poorly known: descriptions are available for H. lemairei (Schmidt & Inger 1959; Channing 2001), H. albolabris (Channing & Howell 2006) and H. galamensis (Rödel 2000; Channing & Howell 2006; Du Preez & Carruthers 2009).

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