Hyperolius kivuensis
| Hyperolius kivuensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hyperoliidae |
| Genus: | Hyperolius |
| Species: | H. kivuensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyperolius kivuensis Ahl, 1931 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hyperolius multifasciatus Ahl, 1931 | |
Hyperolius kivuensis is a frog species of in the family Hyperoliidae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, possibly Mozambique, and possibly Sudan.[1]
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and plantations. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.[1]
It was recently determined that H. kivuensis and H. multifasciatus are only subspecifically distinct from each other, and the latter was synonymized with the former. Both were described in the same work by Ernst Ahl in 1931, H. multifasciatus on page 278 and H. kivuensis on page 280. Thus, it was argued that the synonymy should be the other way around.[2]
However, if several first established in the same work are found to refer to the same species, the ICZN Code leaves the choice which name to choose to the first scientist to revise them accordingly. Furthermore, it makes the outcome of such a first revision binding. Hence, the initial synonymy cannot be repealed, and the correct scientific names of these frogs are H. kivuensis kivuensis and H. kivuensis multifasciatus.[3]
Footnotes
References
- Nemésio, André (2007): "Page priority" does not exist in the Code: Neomegalotomus parvus (Westwood, 1842) has precedence over Neomegalotomus simplex (Westwood, 1842) (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Alydidae). Zootaxa 1524: 57–59. PDF first page text
- Pickersgill, Martin (2008): "Frog Search": Synonymy of Phrynobatrachus nigripes Pickersgill, 2007, plus other comments and corrections. Zootaxa 1820: 67–68.
- Schiøtz, Arne; Poynton, John C.; Largen, Malcolm & Lötters, Stefan (2004). Hyperolius kivuensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 8 April 2009.