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Hildebrandtia ornata (Peters, 1878) Ornate Frog 
Pyxicephalus ornatus Peters 1878:207, pi. 2, fig. 7. Holotype: ZMB 9297 (eolleetor J.M. Hildebrandt) fide 
Bauer et al. (1995:49). Type loeality: “Taita” (Peters 1878:207), [= Teita], Kenya. 
Rana ornatissima: Boulenger (1919a:35). 
Rana ornata: Inger (1959: 541). 
Hildebrandtia ornata ornata: Poynton and Broadley (1985b: 141), Poynton and Haaeke (1993:14), Ruas 
(1996:24). 
Hildebrandtia ornata: Channing (2001:294), Fretey et al. (2011:40). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Least Concern. 
Global distribution: The species is broadly distributed in the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa, 
extending from the Sahel of West Africa, throughout eastern and south-central Africa, and into 
northeastern South Africa. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 77): This 
species is distributed in south-central Angola. 
HmTa: “Dongue” [-15.43333, 14.05000] 
(Poynton and Haaeke 1993:14). Cunene: “2 
km NW of Calequero” [-16.28333, 14.30000] 
(Poynton and Haaeke 1993:14; Ruas 1996:24); 
“23 km NW of Pereira de Ega - Rogadas” 
[-16.95000, 15.56667] (Poynton and Haaeke 
1993:14; Ruas 1996:24); “Ponang Kuma” 
[-17.05000, 14.65000] (Boulenger 1919a:35). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: 
Hildebrandtia ornatissima was described by 
Bocage (1879c) based on a single specimen 
from the type locality “Bihe.” Later, Nieden 
(1908) described Hildebrandtia angolensis 
from “Loanda” but this nomen was preoccu¬ 
pied by Rana angolensis Bocage, 1866. 
Boulenger (1919) proposed Rana miotympa- Map 77. Distribution in Angola. 
num as a replacement name for Hildebrandtia angolensis, and Schmidt and Inger (1959) later 
recognized this as a junior synonym of Rana ornata ornatissima (Schmidt and Inger 1959). Perret 
(1976a) removed//, ornatissima from synonymy With Hildebrandtia ornata (Peters, 1878), though 
this has not been accepted by all subsequent authors and whether these represent one or two species 
remains unclear. Channing (2001) referred all specimens of Hildebrandtia from southern and 
central Africa, including from Angola, to H. ornata. In contrast, Poynton and Haaeke (1993), Ruas 
(1996), and Fretey et al. (2011) recognized both H. ornata and H. ornatissima in Angola. The 
delimitation of these two species requires further review. 
Genus Ptychadena Boulenger, 1917 
Ptychadena anchietae (Bocage, 1867) Anchieta’s Grass Frog 
Rana anehietae Bocage 1867a:843, fig. 1. Syntypes: MBL T.9.134 [3 specimens] (collector J.A. d’Anchieta), 
destroyed by fire 18 March 1978. Type locality: “Benguella” [= Benguela] Benugela Province Angola. 
Rana anehietae: Peters (1877a:618). 
Rana maseareniensis: Boulenger (1882:52), Bocage (1895a:160). 
Rana oxyrhynehus oxyrhrynehus: Loveridge (1957:340). 
Ptyehadena anehietae: Perret (1976a:19, 1979:18), Poynton and Broadley (1985b:146), Frost (1985:471, 
2016), Poynton and Haaeke (1993:14), Ruas (1996:25, 2002:144), Largen (2001:335), Channing 
