The herpetofauna of the Cubango, Cuito, and lower Cuando river catchments of south-eastern Angola
Author
Conradie, Werner
Author
Bills, Roger
Author
Branch, William R.
text
Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
2016
e 126
2016-10-25
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.13154851
1525-9153
13154851
Xenopus muelleri
(Peters, 1844)
Tropical Platanna
Material:
PEM
A10789 (29) and 10969‒70 (44a); SA- IAB 101030 (44a). Comment: The taxonomic history of the
Xenopus
in
Angola
is confused. Prior to Bocages’ description of
X. petersii
he referred
one specimen
from Dombe to
X. muelleri
(
Bocage 1879
)
. Later, in his description of
X. petersii
, he referred to the same Dombe specimen as
X. petersii
(
Bocage 1895
)
. By inference he thus considered only
X. petersii
to be present in
Angola
, although he recognized three varieties (Vars. A‒C, see
X. poweri
for fuller discussion). Specimens collected west of Calai on the Cubango River and the lower Cuando River represents the first records of
X. muelleri
for
Angola
. Both
X. poweri
and
X. muelleri
were collected in sympatry in the Cuando River. The identifications are supported by CO1 barcoding (Conradie unpublished data).