Breviceps fuscus Hewitt 1925a

Conradie, Werner, Branch, William R. & Watson, Gillian, 2015, Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 1: Amphibians, Zootaxa 3936 (1) : -

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.1.2

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5612076

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scientific name

Breviceps fuscus Hewitt 1925a
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Breviceps fuscus Hewitt 1925a View in CoL

Annals of the Natal Museum, 5(2): 191–192; Pl. X, Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 .

Lectotype: PEM A4826 (original AMG number unknown, re-accessioned as AMA 522); Knysna, Western Cape Province, South Africa; J.H. Rex, date unknown.

Paralectotype: PEM A4827 (original AMG number unknown, re-accessioned as AMA 521); same details as lectotype.

Remarks. The type description notes the types comprise of two adult specimens [= syntypes]. No specific reference is made in the text to a specific specimen, but one is illustrated in the plates. Two specimens are present in the PEM with the same details provided in the type description. One specimen has a very old label tied to the right leg that reads “Knysna H. Rex”. The other specimen lacks an original label, but constriction marks indicate that an old label (now lost) was tied around the right leg. This specimen conforms best to the illustration, but due to the better condition of the previous specimen we designate it (PEM A4826) as the lectotype. It is intact and in good condition, whilst the paralectotype has mid- and transverse ventral incisions.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Brevicipitidae

Genus

Breviceps

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