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Afrixalus vittiger; Savanna Four-striped Leaf-folding Frog   

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Afrixalus vittiger
Afrixalus vittiger
Savanna Four-striped Leaf-folding Frog
Photographer: Theodore Papenfuss
Collection: AmphibiaWeb

ID: 1111 1111 1111 3281 (2005-03-07)

Copyright © 2005 Theodore Papenfuss

 
INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
  • date of photo  Jul 7, 2004
  • location   Elev. 80 m, 08 06.12 N, 12 26.61 W, 5 miles S. Moyamba at Mile Post 5 on Moyamba to Sembehun Rd., Moyamba District, Southern Region, Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone)
  • family Hyperoliidae
  • order Anura
  • class Amphibia
  • From the collection of the California Academy of Sciences    Specimen No. 230109
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  • photo category: Animal - Amphibian

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Savanna Four-striped Leaf-folding Frog (Martin Pickersgill )
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  • Reviewers' comments about this photo (review or add another comment)
    1. Reviewed by Martin Pickersgill    Jan 25, 2008

    Action: changed name from "Afrixalus dorsalis" to "Afrixalus vittiger "

    Reviewer's comments:
         "The light stripes are of unequal width in striped morphs of A. dorsalis. In addition, the paravertebral stripes terminate at the eye in that species."

     
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