Description

<div><p>Cystignathus argyreivittis Peters, 1854: 626.</p> <p>Lectotype.</p> <p>ZMB 4426, “Boror” [Companhia do Boror, Zambezia Province, Mozambique], coll. Wilhelm Carl Hartwig Peters.</p> <p>Paralectotypes.</p> <p>ZMB 10106 and ZMB 85708 (formerly part of ZMB 10106), “Cabaceira” [Peninsula Cabaceira, Mossuril District, Nampula Province, Mozambique], coll. Wilhelm Carl Hartwig Peters.</p> <p>Present name.</p> <p>Kassina senegalensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1841).</p> <p>Remarks.</p> <p>Peters (1854) does not mention the number of specimens available to him for the description, but later he specified that he found “[…] drei weibliche Exemplare, eins auf der Halbinsel Cabaceira, zwei in Boror, während des Märzmonats, in feuchtem Grase." [… three female specimens, one on the Cabaceira Peninsula, two in Boror, during the month of March, in wet grass] (Peters 1882b: 158). One of the former syntypes is depicted in Peters (1882b, pl. 22, fig. 2, and on pl. 26, fig. 3, sternum). Bauer et al. (1995: 43) consider the specimens inventoried under ZMB 4426 and ZMB 10106 to be syntypes. Frost (2021) mentioned only ZMB 4426 as syntype and refers to other unnumbered syntype(s) in the ZSM collection. However, Glaw and Franzen (2006) do not mention syntypes of Cystignathus argyreivittis present at ZSM. Ahl (1930c: 283) denotes [ZMB] 4426 as “Typus” and [ZMB] 10106 (two specimens) as “Cotypen” of Cystignathus argyreivittis. This constitutes a lectotype designation of ZMB 4426 from “Boror” (ICZN 1999: Art. 74.5).</p> <p>W. C. H. Peters, a zoologist, anatomist and later director of ZMB (from 1857 to 1883) undertook a journey to Mozambique from September 1842. Via Portugal and Luanda (Angola) he reached Mozambique Island on 17 June 1843. During his stay in Mozambique, he undertook various short trips, e.g. to Zanzibar, Anjuan (Comores), Saint Augustin (Madagascar) and South Africa. On August 7, 1847 he left Mozambique and sailed via Goa and Mumbai (India), Candy (Sri Lanka) and Egypt to return to Berlin in early 1848 (itinerary and map in Bauer et al. 1995). Already during his journey, Peters regularly sent his collections back to Berlin, some of which were donated to the Anatomical Museum, the majority was given to the ZMB and a number of doublets (“Doubletten”) were sold (Brauer 1910; Bauer et al. 1995).</p> <p>Heterixalus betsileo</p> <p>see Hyperolius friedrichsi.</p> <p>Heterixalus variabilis</p> <p>see Megalixalus variabilis.</p> </div>

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Amphibia

Order: Anura

Family: Hyperoliidae

Genus: Kassina

Species: Cystignathus argyreivittis Peters, 1854