Sclerophrys poweri (Hewitt, 1935)

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

Sclerophrys poweri (Hewitt, 1935)

Western Olive Toad ( Fig. 5 )

Material: NB512 (36); NB756 (25); NB764 (26); NB767 (26); NB768 (26); NB769 (26).

Comment: Also occurring in northern Namibia and Botswana ( Channing 2001), this is the second confirmed record of the species for Angola, after a previous record near Calai ( Conradie et al. 2016). Some early records of Bufo regularis sensu latu may also refer to S. poweri ( Ruas 1996) . Bufo regularis humbensis Monard, 1937 was originally described from Mulondo, close to BNP. It is currently placed under the synonymy of S. garmani ( Tandy and Keith 1972) , which in Angola refers to S. poweri , and this synonymy should be reviewed. Sclerophrys poweri is very abundant in BNP and was found hundreds of meters away from water on moist nights. Breeding was observed in permanent pans, with males calling in choruses at night and eggs typically laid in gelatinous single strings.

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Fig. 5. Sclerophrys poweri, BNP