Sclerophrys pusilla (Mertens, 1937)
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13238919 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7E2D87A6-FF8B-FFDB-D58A-FC4549B8FA6E |
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Felipe |
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Sclerophrys pusilla (Mertens, 1937) |
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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.
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