{{Short description|Species of amphibian}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2014 |title=''Hyperolius houyi'' |volume=2014 |article-number=e.T56143A18375596 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T56143A18375596.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Hyperolius houyi | authority = Ahl, 1931 | synonyms = | synonyms_ref = <ref name=Frost/> }}
'''''Hyperolius houyi''''' is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae.<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" /><ref name=Frost/><ref name=AmphibiaWeb/><ref name="African Amphibians"/> It is only known from its type locality, "Ussagara, Neu Kamerum", which some sources consider untraceable but place in the modern-day Chad,<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" /><ref name=AmphibiaWeb/> while others associate it with Ussagara in Tanzania instead.<ref name=Frost/> Common name '''Ussagara reed frog''' has been coined for this species.<ref name=Frost/><ref name=AmphibiaWeb/><ref name="African Amphibians"/>
==Etymology== The specific name ''houyi'' honours Dr Reinhard Houy who collected in Tanzania in 1911–1912.<ref name="Beolens et al. 2013"/>
==Taxonomy== The taxonomic status of ''Hyperolius houyi'' is unclear.<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" /> The holotype is lost. It is probably a synonym of ''Hyperolius viridiflavus'' (superspecies).<ref name=Frost/><ref name=AmphibiaWeb/>
==Habitat and conservation== ''Hyperolius houyi'' probably breeds in bodies of water. Threats to this poorly known species are unknown.<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" />
==References== {{Reflist|30em|refs= <ref name="African Amphibians">{{cite web |url=http://africanamphibians.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/1351 |title=''Hyperolius houyi'' Ahl, 1931 |author= |year= |work=African Amphibians |access-date=12 July 2019}}</ref>
<ref name=AmphibiaWeb>{{cite web |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/536 |title=''Hyperolius houyi'' |year=2008 |work=AmphibiaWeb |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |access-date=12 July 2019}}</ref>
<ref name="Beolens et al. 2013">{{cite book |last1 = Beolens | first1 = Bo | last2 = Watkins | first2 = Michael | last3 = Grayson | first3 = Michael |name-list-style=amp |title=The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=QJY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=GBS.PA98 |date=2013 |publisher=Pelagic Publishing |isbn=978-1-907807-42-8 |page=98}}</ref>
<ref name=Frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-houyi |title=''Hyperolius houyi'' Ahl, 1931 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2019 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=12 July 2019}}</ref> }}
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houyi Category:Frogs of Africa Category:Amphibians described in 1931 Category:Taxa named by Ernst Ahl Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot