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Proposed subspecies vulcanorum (described from western Kivu Volcanoes, in eastern DRCongo) considered a synonym of tanganjicae.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

• derooi (Prigogine, 1975)   -  North-eastern DRCongo in two main populations (one west of L Albert, the other west of L Edward).
• alinae (Jackson, 1904)   -  North-eastern DRCongo (western Rwenzori Mts, Virunga Volcanoes) and south-western Uganda (eastern Rwenzoris, Bwindi Forest).
• tanganjicae (Reichenow, 1915)   -  Eastern DRCongo (mountains west of L Kivu, Itombwe Mts, Nwest of L Tanganyika), Rwanda (Nyungwe forest, Seast of L Kivu) and Burundi.
• kaboboensis (Prigogine, 1975)   -  Mt Kabobo, in eastern DRCongo.
• marungensis (Prigogine, 1975)   -  Marungu Mts, in south-eastern DRCongo.

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