Amietophrynus
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.276862 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6191924 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0397721B-FFBF-BC1C-D79C-FDB7FA506E64 |
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Plazi |
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Amietophrynus |
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Key to the taxa of the Amietophrynus View in CoL superciliaris- species complex (see also Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 )
1 eyelid process present, eyelid triangular in dorsal and lateral view ( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 b, c); pair of symmetric spots present on posterior part of back ( Figs. 3 View FIGURE 3 ; 11); posterior part of back coloured like anterior one or darker; palmar tubercles prominent; occurring in Lower Guinea (= Central Africa; Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 )................................................................... 2
1’ eyelid process absent, eyelid rounded in dorsal and lateral view ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 a); pair of symmetric spots absent on posterior part of back ( Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 ); posterior part of back darker coloured like anterior one ( Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 ); palmar tubercles extremely prominent; occurring in Upper Guinea (= West Africa; Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 )........................................... A. superciliaris chevalieri View in CoL
2 body shape very broad in dorsal view; eyelid process distinctly pointed ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 b); parotid glands shaped like slender drop, posterior tip pointed; back colour more or less uniform; flanks reddish-purple ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 b); juveniles usually with two distinct interorbital spots, rarely these spots may be fused ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 b); occurring in West Lower Guinea (= western Central Africa; Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ).................................................................................. A. superciliaris superciliaris View in CoL
2’ body shape less broad in dorsal view; eyelid process slightly pointed ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 c); parotid glands bulged, posterior end rounded; back with lighter anterior and darker posterior pattern; flanks brownish ( Fig. 11 View FIGURE 11 ); juveniles with a distinct single depressed Vlike, dark, interorbital figure covering large parts of the eyelids ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 c); occurring in East Lower Guinea (= eastern Central Africa; Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 )....................................................................... A. channingi View in CoL sp. nov.
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