Contributions to the herpetofauna of the Angolan Okavango- Cuando-Zambezi river drainages. Part 3: Amphibians
Author
Conradie, Werner
National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, Wild Bird Trust, SOUTH AFRICA & Department of Nature Conservation Management, Natural Resource Science and Management Cluster, Faculty of Science, George Campus, Nelson Mandela University, George, SOUTH AFRICA & Port Elizabeth Museum, Beach Road, Humewood, Port Elizabeth 6013, SOUTH AFRICA
Author
Keates, Chad
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), Makhanda, SOUTH AFRICA & National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, Wild Bird Trust, SOUTH AFRICA & Department of Nature Conservation Management, Natural Resource Science and Management Cluster, Faculty of Science, George Campus, Nelson Mandela University, George, SOUTH AFRICA
Author
Verburgt, Luke
Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0001, SOUTH AFRICA & Enviro-Insight CC, Unit 8 Oppidraai Office Park, Pretoria 0050, SOUTH AFRICA & National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, Wild Bird Trust, SOUTH AFRICA
Author
Baptista, Ninda L.
Museum für Naturkunde-Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin, GERMANY & BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485 - 661 Vairão, PORTUGAL & Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, 4169 - 007, Porto, PORTUGAL & CIBIO / InBio, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, 4485 - 661 Vairão, PORTUGAL & Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da Huíla (ISCED), Rua Sarmento Rodrigues, Lubango, ANGOLA & National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, Wild Bird Trust, SOUTH AFRICA
Author
Harvey, James
Harvey Ecological, 41 Devonshire Avenue, Howick, 3290, SOUTH AFRICA & National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, Wild Bird Trust, SOUTH AFRICA
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Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
2023
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2023-08-04
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10.5281/zenodo.12761936
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12761936
Xenopus poweri
Hewitt, 1927
Powers’ Clawed Frog (
Map 25
)
Material (
13 specimens
):
PEM
A14856–66,
INBAC
: WC-7040,
INBAC
: WC-7043, Lake Hundo, -14.97431° 21.62966°,
1,100 m
asl.
Description:
Medium sized pipid; dorsum smooth; eyes on top of head; three clawed toes, no claw on prehallux; extensive webbing. Dorsum varies from light to dark brown, with scattered darker markings; ventrum grayish, with scattered darker blotches. Adult females (n = 6) varied from 55.6–65.9 (59.8) mm (largest female:
PEM
A14861); adult males (n = 6) varied from 43.1–51.2 (48.8) mm (largest male:
PEM
A14858).
Habitat and natural history notes:
After a heavy thunderstorm, numerous
X. poweri
were found moving over land away from the waterbodies.
Comments:
Only recorded from lower elevations of eastern
Angola
, associated with open and dry savanna. Only a limited number of records exist of this species from eastern
Angola
(
Conradie et al. 2016
;
Marques et al. 2018
).