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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Phrynobatrachus
cf.
mababiensis
FitzSimons, 1932
Material (eighteen specimens):
Eighteen juvenile specimens (MHNCUP/
ANF 116–133
, formerly UP-MHNFCP- 094971;
Fig. S23
), collected from
Unguay
[=Nonguai] [-15.76667º, 12.01667º,
45 m
a.s.l.
]
Namibe province
, in
June 1904
.
Comments:
Phrynobatrachus mababiensis
is known from savannas in central and southern Africa and has been reported from southern
Angola
(
Marques
et al.
2018
). According to
Frost (2020)
, the species occurs in East African savannas from
Tanzania
to the
Eastern Cape Province
(
Republic of South Africa
), west to northern
Namibia
, in
Botswana
, and presumably in southern
Democratic Republic of the Congo
and southern
Kenya
as well.
Marques
et al.
(2018)
refers this species to the taxonomically problematic
Phrynobatrachus cryptotis
group. A molecular analysis study by
Zimkus
et al.
(2010)
reveled that, specimens recognized today as
P.
cf.
mababiensis
,
are in fact three different species. Specimens MHNCUP/ANF 116–133 were not cited by
Ferreira (1904
,
1906
). Recently, Ernst
et al.
(2020) reported
P.
cf.
mababiensis
from Serra do Pingano, Uíge Province. Luis M. P. Ceríaco also recently collected material from Maungo (
Fig. 5
).