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
e 325
2023-08-04
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.12761936
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1525-9153
12761936
Sclerophrys poweri
(Hewitt, 1935)
Western Olive Toad (
Fig. 10
;
Map 9
)
Material (
8 specimens
):
PEM
A14876-82,
INBAC
: WC-7076, wetland south of Lake Hundo, -15.01099° 21.63608°,
1,100 m
asl.
Description:
Large robust toad; snout rounded; large elevated parotoid glands. Dorsum of females tan with distinct black-edged dark brown to deep red paired dorsal markings; in males it can be more olive-yellow; red infusions on the back of the thighs. Males with dark throat and dorsal surface spinose with small black tipped asperites. Adult females (n = 3) varied from 101.0–102.3 (101.8) mm (largest female:
PEM
A14876; maximum recorded size); adult males (n = 5) varied from 85.5–97.0 (93.3) mm (largest male:
PEM
A14877; maximum recorded size).
Habitat and natural history notes:
This species was heard calling during early evenings in a flooded wetland and from margins of large natural lakes.
Comments:
Only a few records exist for southern and eastern
Angola
(
Marques et al. 2018
;
Baptista et al. 2019
). These specimens represent the easternmost records in
Angola
, and only the second record for
Moxico Province
(
Ruas 1996
).