Kenyaphrynoides, Liedtke & Malonza & Wasonga & Müller & Loader, 2024

Liedtke, H. Christoph, Malonza, Patrick K., Wasonga, Domnick V., Müller, Hendrik & Loader, Simon P., 2024, A new genus and species of toad from Mount Kenya illuminates East African montane biogeography, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202 (1), pp. 1-12 : 4-5

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad160
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BBB2C42-F482-45D4-BC6E-A55C3D06D207Corresponding
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14548895
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treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Kenyaphrynoides
status	gen. nov.

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Kenyaphrynoides gen. nov.

Nectophrynoides sp. ( Spawls et al. 2019: 15). Bufonidae incertae sedis ( Malonza and Bwong 2023: 516)

Type species: Kenyaphrynoides vulcani gen. et sp. nov. Liedtke, Malonza, Wasonga, Müller and Loader by original designation.

Etymology: The generic name is derived from the words ‘Kenya’, a reference to the country and to the eponymous mountain, from which the name for the country was originally derived, and ‘phrynoides’, meaning toad-like. For nomenclatural purposes, we consider it to be neutral.

Diagnosis: Kenyaphrynoides can be distinguished from other bufonid genera by the combination of the following characters: lack of continuous parotoid glands (similar in Churamiti and different from some Nectophrynoides ); eyelids lack glandular masses (glandular in Churamiti ); lack of tympanum; forearms without a large glandular mass (present in Churamiti and some Nectophrynoides ); spatulate toe tips (differently shaped in Churamiti and Nectophrynoides ); toes with marginal webbing; toe tips without lamellae on ventral edge (present in Churamiti ); nuptial spines on thumbs in males (similar to Nimbaphrynoides , absent in Churamiti and Nectophrynoides ); distinct green/ brown dorsal coloration and cream ventrum (somewhat similar in Churamiti , different in Nectophrynoides ); eight presacral vertebrae (seven in Churamiti , eight in Nectophrynoides ); tips of terminal phalanges broadly T-shaped, chisel-like (T-shaped with slender, curved crossbar in Churamiti , more knob-like or slightly T-shaped in Nectophrynoides ); an unossified sternum (ossified in Churamiti , not ossified in Nectophrynoides ); and lack of an ossified columella (absent in Churamiti , present in Nectophrynoides ).