Hyperolius montanus, (Angel 1924) (Angel, 1924)

Nečas, Tadeáš, Kielgast, Jos, Chinemerem, Ikechukwu G., Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Dolinay, Matej & Gvoždík, Václav, 2024, The phylogenetic position of Hyperolius sankuruensis (Anura: Hyperoliidae) reveals biogeographical affinity between the central Congo and West Africa, and illuminates the taxonomy of Hyperolius concolor, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202, pp. 1-19 : 15

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae046
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14894730
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scientific name	Hyperolius montanus
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HYPEROLIUS MONTANUS View in CoL GROUP

Hyperolius mitchelli clade of Conradie et al. (2018); Groups F and H of Ernst et al. (2021).

Contents (based on genetic data): H. mitchelli Loveridge 1953 ; H. montanus (Angel 1924) ; H. pictus Ahl, 1931 ; H. rubrovermiculatus SchiØtz, 1975 ; H. stictus Conradie, Verburgt, Portik, Ohler, Bwong and Lawson, 2018 ; H. substriatus Ahl, 1931 ( Conradie et al. 2018, Portik et al. 2019, Bwong et al. 2020, Ernst et al. 2021).

Area of occurrence: East Africa from central Kenya in the North to central Mozambique in the South and eastern Zambia and south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in the West.

Other potential members: Hyperolius atrigularis Laurent 1941 and H. kibarae Laurent, 1957 are possibly related to this group ( SchiØtz 1999).