Sclerophrys pusilla (Mertens, 1937)

Baptista, Ninda L., António, Telmo & Branch, William R., 2019, The herpetofauna of Bicuar National Park and surroundings, southwestern Angola: a preliminary checklist, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 203) 13 (2), pp. 96-130 : 103

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13238919

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scientific name

Sclerophrys pusilla (Mertens, 1937)
status

 

Sclerophrys pusilla (Mertens, 1937) View in CoL

Southern Flat-backed Toad ( Fig. 6)

Material: NB056 (31); NB763 (26).

Comment: Taxonomy and identification of bufonids in Angola remains problematic ( Baptista et al. 2019). Sclerophrys pusilla represents populations previously assigned to S. maculata in eastern and southern Africa, including Angola ( Poynton et al. 2016). This species is known from several localities in the country ( Poynton and Haacke 1993; Ruas 1996, 2002; Conradie et al. 2016; Ceríaco et al. 2018c; Marques et al. 2018). It was heard calling in BNP on 24 January 2009, but not collected (A. Channing, pers. comm.), and was recently recorded from Capelongo, near BNP ( Butler et al. 2019). It was also found around the Main Camp facilities and in a permanent water body.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Bufonidae

Genus

Sclerophrys

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