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
text
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
5453967
C678F0FE-1B62-4F34-8A66-449CF9806B50
Arthroleptis carquejai
Ferreira, 1906
Material (
one specimen
):
One adult female specimen (MHNCUP/
ANF 188
, formerly UP-MHNFCP-018586;
Fig. S19
), collected from Cambondo [-9.16349º, 14.66432º,
394 m
a.s.l.
]
Kwanza Norte Province
, date unknown
.
Comments:
Arthroleptis carquejai
is an Angolan endemic species, found in the northern part of the country (
Marques
et al.
2018
). The specific epithet
carquejai
was in honor of Bento Carqueja (1860–1935), a businessman, writer, and professor at APP. The single specimen collected by Newton was used by
Ferreira (1906)
as the
holotype
for the species.
Ceríaco
et al.
(2014b)
recognized
A. carquejai
as a valid species belonging to the same group of species as
Arthroleptis variabilis
Matschie, 1893
. The authors also analyzed specimens from the Zoologisches Museum Hamburg collected from ““Roca Nova” (Roça Novo Mundo)”, approximately
135 km
from the type locality, and determined them to also be
A. carquejai
. The species was recently collected in Serra do Pingano, Uíge Province, by Ceríaco
et al.
(
Fig. 4
) and Ernst
et al.
(2020).
Marques
et al
. (2018)
suggested that
A. carquejai
most likely also occurs in
the Democratic Republic of the Congo
and possibly
Gabon
.