Sclerophrys regularis (Reuss, 1833)

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 : 10

Sclerophrys regularis (Reuss, 1833)

Material (thirty-five specimens): Two juvenile specimens (MHNCUP/ ANF 113, 115, formerly UP-MHNFCP- 094971), collected from Unguay [=Nonguai] [-15.76667º, 12.01667º, 45 m a.s.l.] Namibe Province, in June 1904; one adult specimen (MHNCUP/ ANF 140 , formerly UP-MHNFCP-094968), collected from Rio Quanza (impossible to georeference) undetermined province, in 1903 ; one adult specimen (MHNCUP/ ANF 141 , formerly UP-MHNFCP- 017344), collected from Cabiri [-8.92125º, 13.66654º, 31 m a.s.l.] Bengo Province, in July 1903; one adult specimen (MHNCUP/ ANF 142 , formerly UP-MHNFCP-017346), collected from Novo Redondo [= Sumbe] [-11.20000º, 13.85000º, 11 m a.s.l.] Kwanza Sul Province, in 1903 ; one juvenile specimen (MHNCUP/ ANF 143 , formerly UP- MHNFCP-017349), collected from Lembu [-10.95547, 14. 30763, 733 m a.s.l.] Kwanza Sul Province, in 1903 ; two adult specimens (MHNCUP/ ANF 144–145 , formerly UP-MHNFCP-017347), collected from Bom Jesus (Quanza) [-9.16667º, 13.56667º, 37 m a.s.l.] Bengo Province, in November 1903; two adult specimens (MHNCUP/ ANF 146–147 , formerly UP-MHNFCP-017348), collected from Gumba [-11,26667º, 14.28333º, 784 m a.s.l.] Kwanza Sul Province, in 1903 ; one adult specimen (MHNCUP/ ANF 148 , formerly UP-MHNFCP-017352), collected from Bahia dos Tigres [= Baía dos Tigres] (in error) [-16.58559º, 11.82709º, 98 m a.s.l.] Namibe Province, in 1905 ; one adult specimen (MHNCUP/ ANF 149 , formerly UP-MHNFCP-052194), collected from Cabiri [-8.92125º, 13.66654º, 31 m a.s.l.] Bengo Province, in 1903 ; five adults, five young adults and two juvenile specimens (MHNCUP/ ANF 150–160 , 162 , formerly UP-MHNFCP-094970), collected from Cabiri [-8.92125º, 13.66654º, 31 m a.s.l.] Bengo Province, in 1903 ; two adult specimens (MHNCUP/ ANF 164–165 ; Fig. S4 ), collected from unknown locality, in 1904; two young adult specimens (MHNCUP/ ANF 190–191 ), collected from Gumba [-11.26667º, 14.28333º, 784 m a.s.l.] Kwanza Sul Province, date unknown ; one juvenile specimen (MHNCUP/ ANF 217 , formerly UP- MHNFCP-017328), collected from Bango Aquitamba [= Banza de Quimbamba ] [-8.70839º, 14.98725º, 822 m a.s.l.] Kwanza Norte Province, date unknown ; one adult specimen (MHNCUP/ ANF 218 , formerly UP-MHNFCP-017345), collected from N’Dalla Tando [=N’dalatando] [-9.30000º, 14.91667º, 782 m a.s.l.] Kwanza Norte Province, date unknown ; one juvenile specimen (MHNCUP/ ANF 233 , formerly UP-MHNFCP-017350), collected from unknown locality, date unknown ; one adult specimen (MHNCUP/ ANF 286 , formerly UP-MHNFCP-017353), collected from unknown locality, date unknown ; two adult specimens (MHNCUP/ ANF 288–289 , formerly UP-MHNFCP-052195 and 052193), collected from unknown locality, date unknown; One juvenile specimen (MHNCUP/ ANF 345 ), collected from Chingo, Novo Redondo [-11.20000º, 13.85000º, 11 m a.s.l.] Kwanza Sul Province, in 1903 .

Comments: Sclerophrys regularis has one of the most widespread distributions of African amphibians. It can be found across most of western Angola, except in the southeastern areas of the country ( Marques et al. 2018. This species remains a taxonomic challenge, given the difficulty in distinguishing it from S. gutturalis (Power, 1927) , and the existence of Angolan records attributed to S. regularis that might represent either S. gutturalis or S. pusilla ( Ruas 1996; Marques et al. 2018). Ferreira (1904) cited adult and juvenile specimens of “ Bufo regularis ” from “Novo Redondo” (MHNCUP/ANF 142), “Cazengo” and “N’dalla Tando” (MHNCUP/ANF 218). Ferreira (1904) also cited adult and juvenile specimens of “ Bufo funereus ” from “Gumba” and “Lembu”, matching extant specimens MHNCUP/ANF 146–147, ANF 191 (Gumba) and MHNCUP/ANF 143 (Lembu). The aforementioned specimens were misidentified by Ferreira as S. funerea (see respective account). Additionally, Ferreira (1906) cited an undetermined number of specimens from an unidentified locality that could correspond to the extant specimens without data. In the same sense, among those specimens might be some that refer to the “ Bufo funereus ” from “Novo Redondo” and “Cabiri” ( Ferreira 1904) and “ Bufo regularis ” from “Cazengo” ( Ferreira 1904) that we were unable to locate.

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FIGURE 4. Life photo of Arthroleptis carquejai, from Serra do Pingano. Photo by Luis Ceríaco.