Cacosternum karooicum Boycott, De Villiers and Scott 2002

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) : -

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.1.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5612108
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scientific name	Cacosternum karooicum Boycott, De Villiers and Scott 2002
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Cacosternum karooicum Boycott, De Villiers and Scott 2002 View in CoL

Journal of Herpetology, 36(3): 333–341.

Holotype: PEM A5459; In a temporary stream in the Doringkloof Catchment (33°55'45"S; 19°54'36"E, altitude 270 m), Elandsberg Mountains, Vrolijkheid Nature Reserve, Robertson District, Western Cape Province, South Africa; C.T. Stuart, 14 July 1977.

Paratypes (15): (a) PEM A5457; same details as holotype. (b) PEM A 1556–1561 and 1573–1580; Trappieskraalkloof catchment, south of Gannaberg Mountain, Robertson District, Western Cape Province, South Africa; C.T. Stuart, R.C. Boycott, and J.C. Greig, 9 and 14 July 1977.

Remarks. PEM A 1560, 1573 and 1578 are cleared and stained with alizarin. All other type material is in perfect condition with all possessing medial ventral incisions.