Herpetological results of Francisco Newton’s Zoological Expedition to Angola (1903 – 1906): a taxonomic revision and new records of a forgotten collection
Author
Santos, Bruna S.
Author
Marques, Mariana P.
0000-0002-1712-2632
mptlmarques@gmail.com
Author
Bauer, Aaron M.
0000-0001-6839-8025
aaron.bauer@villanova.edu
Author
Ceríaco, Luis M. P.
0000-0002-3798-2664
brunascesantos@gmail.com
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-09-03
5028
1
1
80
http://zoobank.org/c678f0fe-1b62-4f34-8a66-449cf9806b50
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5028.1.1
1175-5326
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Sclerophrys pusilla
(Mertens, 1937)
Material (
eleven specimens
):
One juvenile specimen (MHNCUP/
ANF
114, formerly UP-MHNFCP-094971), collected from Unguay [=Nonguai] [-15.76667º, 12.01667º,
45 m
a.s.l.]
Namibe Province
, on
June 1904
;
one adult
specimen (MHNCUP/
ANF 163
), collected from unknown locality in 1904; three young adult specimens and
two adults
(MHNCUP/
ANF 166–170
), collected from unknown locality in 1904
;
one adult
specimen (MHNCUP/
ANF 189
), collected from
Hocco
[-9.35422º, 14.89471º,
573 m
a.s.l.
]
Kwanza Norte Province
, date unknown
;
three adult
specimens (MHNCUP/
ANF 230–232
, formerly UP-MHNFCP-094969;
Fig. S3
), collected from unknown locality, date unknown
.
Comments:
Sclerophrys pusilla
is a species that is widespread across western
Angola
, with the exception of the desert areas in the southwestern regions the country (
Marques
et al.
2018
).
Poynton
et al.
(2016)
reinstated
S. pusilla
as a valid species, which was long considered as a synonym of
S. maculata
(
Hallowell, 1854
)
, in the eastern central, eastern and southern parts of Africa (
Poynton
et al.
2016
).
Ferreira (1904
,
1906
) did not cite any
Bufo maculatus
(
Hallowell, 1854
)
and did not identify the majority of these specimens. Specimen MHNCUP/ANF 189 constitutes the first published record of the species for
Kwanza Norte Province
and specimen MHNCUP/ANF 114 is the first published record for that region of
Namibe Province
. Specimens MHNCUP/ANF 114 and ANF 163 were previously identified as
S. funerea
.