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Hyperolius nasutus
Gunther, 1865
GBIF:231569760
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Material (64 specimens, 1 tadpole lot): PEM A 12599 – 601, Calua River source, 6 km SE of Cuito River source, - 12.73675 ° 18.39310 °, 1,445 m asl; PEM A 12424, Cunde waterfall, - 13.77390 ° 18.75520 °, 1,285 m asl; PEM A 14107 (tadpoles), PEM A 12435, confluence of Cuito and Calua rivers, - 13.12458 ° 18.20909 °, 1,345 m asl; PEM A 12461 – 3, INBAC (no number x 4), Cuanavale River source lake, - 13.08537 ° 18.89098 °, 1,360 m asl; PEM A 12738 – 40, INBAC (no number), Cuando River source, - 13.00346 ° 19.12751 °, 1,353 m asl; PEM A 12693, Cubango River source site, - 12.66256 ° 16.09324 °, 1,771 m asl; PEM A 12445, Cuchi River gorge, - 14.5900 ° 16.90758 °, 1,365 m asl; PEM A 12550 – 1, Cuito River source lake, - 12.68935 ° 18.36012 °, 1,431 m asl; PEM A 12427, INBAC (no number), Cuiva River bridge on EN 250, - 11.98345 ° 17.72367 °, 1,267 m asl; PEM A 12490, Dala River, near Samanunga village, - 12.93169 ° 18.81458 °, 1,363 m asl; PEM A 12665, Cubango River campsite 1 below rapids, west of Fundo village, - 13.04790 ° 16.37896 °, 1,568 m asl; PEM A 12805 – 6, PEM A 13804 – 12, Lake Tchanssengwe, - 12.41402 ° 18.64418 °, 1,393 m asl; PEM A 14827 – 8, INBAC (no number), Luanguinga River waterfall, - 13.71132 ° 21.24914 °, 1,118 m asl; PEM A 13773 – 80, Lungwebungu River old oxbows, - 12.58129 ° 18.67162 °, 1,304 m asl; PEM A 14750 – 52, Quembo River right side tributary (Micongo River) past village, - 13.51877 ° 19.28487 °, 1,248 m asl; PEM A 12860 – 62, INBAC (no number), Quembo River source lake, - 13.13624 ° 19.04591 °, 1,366 m asl; PEM A 14729 – 35, INBAC (no number x 2), Quembo River, oxbow near small waterfall, - 13.54257 ° 19.29551 °, 1,233 m asl. Additional material (13 specimens, 8 tadpole lots): SAIAB 209057 (1 specimen), Cuanavale River near confluence, - 13.12478 ° 18.90017 °, 1,346 m asl; SAIAB 204573 (2 specimens), Quembo River source lake, - 13.13586 ° 19.04492 °, 1,369 m asl; SAIAB 209053 (7 tadpoles), outlet River from Kuembo River source lake, - 13.13689 ° 19.03144 °, 1,392 m asl; SAIAB 209173 (3 tadpoles), Quembo River source, - 13.13583 ° 19.04528 °, 1,370 m asl; SAIAB 209051 (5 specimens), Quembo River source lake, - 13.14025 ° 19.04822 °, 1,365 m asl; SAIAB 209045 (6 tadpoles), stream outflow about 2.6 km downstream of source lake, - 13.00317 ° 19.15153 °, 1,331 m asl; SAIAB 209056 (3 specimens), SAIAB 209087 (1 specimen), small stream 3 km below Cuanavale River source camp, - 13.12539 ° 18.89914 °, 1,344 m asl; SAIAB 209049 (5 tadpoles), south west of Cambuta on main track, - 13.44678 ° 19.96403 °, 1,229 m asl; SAIAB 209055 (1 tadpole), river bridge at Cangamba, - 13.69611 ° 19.87503 °, 1,193 m asl; SAIAB 209050 (1 tadpole), Calua lagoon, - 12.73600 ° 18.39394 °, 1,448 m asl; SAIAB 209026 (1 tadpole), Cuanavale River lake outlet, - 13.09414 ° 18.89612 °, 1,357 m asl; SAIAB 209054 (4 tadpoles), Cuando River source bog, - 13.00383 ° 19.12719 °, 1,350 m asl. Description: Small reed frog; rounded snout. Dorsum green, with white dorso-lateral stripes and small scattered black spots; ventrum transparent; pedal webbing formula: I (1), II i / e (1 – 0.25), III (0.75 – 0.5), IV (0.75 – 0.5), V (0.5). Male throat is white. Adult females (n = 14) varied from 15.9 – 20.2 (18.5) mm (largest female: PEM A 13810); adult males (n = 21) varied from 13.7 – 20.3 (17.2) mm (largest male: INBAC no number). Habitat and natural history notes: Found on the margins of source lakes, larger rivers, and cut-off oxbows. Comments: Found at certain localities in sympatry with Hyperolius cf. inyangae (see above), but can easily be distinguished based on the rounded snout and larger overall size.
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): 19-56, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12761936
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