Phrynobatrachus cf. natalensis (Smith, 1849)

Santos, Bruna S., Marques, Mariana P., Bauer, Aaron M. & Ceríaco, Luis M. P., 2021, Herpetological results of Francisco Newton’s Zoological Expedition to Angola (1903 – 1906): a taxonomic revision and new records of a forgotten collection, Zootaxa 5028 (1), pp. 1-80 : 17

Phrynobatrachus cf. natalensis (Smith, 1849)

Material (three specimens): Two adult specimens (MHNCUP/ ANF 312–313, formerly UP-MHNFCP-017321; Fig. S24 ), collected from unknown locality, date unknown; one adult specimen (MHNCUP/ ANF 314 , formerly UP- MHNFCP-017343), collected from unknown locality, date unknown .

Comments: Populations referred to as P. cf. natalensis have been cited from across sub-Saharan Africa and are well widespread in Angola ( Marques et al. 2018). Despite that, Marques et al. (2018) noted that those records most likely correspond to several undescribed species. Zimkus et al. (2010), in a molecular phylogenetic analysis, showed that P. natalensis is a species complex and recovered five different clades. Ferreira (1904) cited an adult specimen from “Catete” (the only citation for the locality), and an unspecified number of specimens from unknown location ( Ferreira 1906). One of specimens MHNCUP/ANF 312–314 might correspond to the one cited from “Catete”.

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FIGURE S24. Specimen of Phrynobatrachus cf. natalensis (MHNC-UP/ANF312), from unknown locality. Photo by Bruna Santos.