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
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journal volume
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Heleophryne hewitti
Boycott 1988
Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums (Natural History), 16(11): 309–319;
Fig. 1
.
FIGURE 6.
Family
Heleophrynidae
and
Hyperoliidae
: A—Holotype of
Heleophryne hewitti
(PEM A11156), B—Lectotype of
Heleophryne rosei
(PEM A1541), C—Holotype of
Kassina wealii
quinque-vittata
(PEM A6289).
Holotype
:
PEM
A11156 (formerly
AMG
A621); Upper reaches of the Geelhoutboom River, Loerie Forest Reserve, Elandsberg Mountains (
33°47'54"S
,
25°03'43"E
. Alt.
420 m
, 3325 CC Loerie), Eastern Cape Province,
South Africa
; R. Boycott,
17 October 1979
.
Paratypes
(12): (a)
PEM
A458–459,
PEM
A11148, 11149, 11152, 11153, 11154, (formerly
AMG
A697, 698, 696, 695, 613); same details as
holotype
. (b)
PEM
A460,
PEM
A11155 (formerly
AMG
A699); Martins River. (c)
PEM
A461,
PEM
A11151
(formerly
AMG
A622); Klein River. (d)
PEM
A11150
(formerly
AMG
A694); Diepkloof River. All
paratypes
collected by A. Jones, D. Smith-Belton and R. Boycott from
10 October 1979
–
30 October 1980
.
Additional specimens
: The following series of tadpoles mentioned in the
type
description are unaccounted for: a)
type
locality (
AMG
A614;
PEM
A463); Martin River (
AMG
A719;
PEM
A464); Klein River (
AMG
A628, 629;
PEM
A462) and Diepkloof River (
AMG
A630).
Remarks.
All
types
bear a medial ventral incision. The original description mentions additional
paratypes
deposited in the BA, MCZ, NM, SAM and TMP.