Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 1: Amphibians
Author
Conradie, Werner
Author
Branch, William R.
Author
Watson, Gillian
text
Zootaxa
2015
3936
1
journal volume
10.11646/zootaxa.3936.1.2
60942119-aabc-4fba-b245-ac8441ca2397
1175-5326
237278
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Natalobatrachus bonebergi
Hewitt and Methuen 1912
Transactions of the Royal Society of
South Africa
, 3: 107–108; Pl. VII,
Figs. 1–4
.
Lectotype
:
PEM A1547; Mariannhill,
Natal
, KwaZulu-Natal,
South Africa
; P. Boneberg,
March 1912
.
Paralectotypes
(2): PEM A
1548–1549
; same details as
lectotype
.
Remarks.
Four
type
specimens exist, three in PEM and one in Mariannhill Monastery Museum.
Lambiris (1988)
reported the
holotype
to be in PEM, although no specific specimen was designated as a ‘type’ in the original description. We follow
Lambiris (1988)
and propose that PEM A1547 be designated as a
lectotype
, based on it fitting the illustration in the original description, and being in best overall condition. The
lectotype
and one
paralectotype
(PEM A1549) are intact and in good condition. One
paralectotype
(PEM A1548) with ventral and transverse incision on lower abdomen and ventral thoracic surface opened from the left. Full body X-rays are available for all three specimens.