ON SOME NEW OR INTERESTING EAST AFRICAN AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES

Abstract

SUMMARY Description of a new frog tentatively assigned to the genus Hildebrandtia [Hildebrandtia (?) largeni n.sp. from Garoe, N Somalia] and of five new geckos of the genus Hemidactylus: H. arnoldi n.sp. from NW Somalia, H. bavazzanoi n.sp. from SW Somalia, H. granchii n.sp. from central Somalia, H. yerburyi pauciporosus n.subsp. from N Somalia and H. funaiolii n.sp. from Archer's Post, central Kenya. Notes on the frogs Hemisus marmoratus marmoratus (Peters, 1854), genus new to Somalia, Hyperolius argus Peters, 1854, Hyperolius nasutus (Gunther, 1864), Hyperolius pusillus (Cope, 1862), three species new to Somalia, Phrynomerus bifasciatus bifasciatus (Smith, 1847), subspecies new to Somalia, and on some interesting Somalian amphibians [Hyperolius viridiflavus (Dumeril & Bibron, 1841)] and reptiles: the lizards Hemidactylus parkeri Loveridge, 1936, which substitutes H. turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758) in eastern Africa, Hemidactylus macropholis Boulenger, 1896, Hemidactylus sinaitus Boulenger, 1885, Hemidactylus...