Hyperolius parallelus Günther, 1858

Lobón-Rovira, Javier, Lobón-Rovira, Baptista, Ninda L, Clark, Tyron, Verburgt, Luke, Jongsma, Gregory Fm, Conradie, Werner, and, Luis Veríssimo, Vaz, Pedro & Pinto, 2025, Filling the gaps: herpetological checklist of Mayombe National Park and Cabinda Province (Angola) shed light on one of the most unexplored corners of tropical Central Africa, African Journal of Herpetology 74 (1), pp. 1-59 : 1-59

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.1080/21564574.2024.2421007

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15556057

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scientific name

Hyperolius parallelus Günther, 1858
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Material. ANGOLA – Cabinda Province • between Dinge and Chindende; –5.1208, 12.3667; 15 m a.s.l.; FKH 0696 ; GenBank: PQ455783 GoogleMaps .

Identification. Part of the H. viridiflavus complex, that in Angola includes material previously assigned to H. angolensis , now ascribed to H. parallelus ( Channing 2022) . While juveniles and some males display a drab colour pattern (Phase J), two very different morphotypes are reported in adult females and some males (Phase F), namely a colourful red-marbled dorsum on the Angolan plateau, or with two broad dark dorsal stripes in populations on the coastal regions and up to the western escarpment forests. The material reported here differs by a minimum of 1.8% (16S p -distance) from other material in Angola ( Channing 2022). The single specimen sampled in this work displays a “lined form” ( Figure 6N View Figure 6 ), in agreement with specimens reported from the coastal region of Angola ( Channing 2022).

Biology and distribution. Widely distributed in the Congo Basin and the savannahs south of the Congo River, including DRC, Zambia, Angola, and western Tanzania ( Channing 2022). In Angola, it is widely distributed across the entire territory ( Marques et al. 2018; Baptista 2024). In Cabinda Province, the species has only been recorded in the Littoral Peneplain (this work), in addition to some historical records on the Coastal Drier Belt at Landana ( Marques et al. 2018). The specimen reported here was found on vegetation surrounding a pond in a highly disturbed area.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Hyperoliidae

Genus

Hyperolius

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