Poyntonophrynus grandisonae ( Poynton & Haacke, 1993 )

Marques, Mariana P., Parrinha, Diogo, Lopes-Lima, Manuel, Tiutenko, Arthur, Bauer, Aaron M. & Ceríaco, Luis M. P., 2024, An island in a sea of sand: a first checklist of the herpetofauna of the Serra da Neve inselberg, southwestern Angola, ZooKeys 1201, pp. 167-217 : 167-217

Poyntonophrynus grandisonae ( Poynton & Haacke, 1993)

Fig. 4 c

Records.

N’Dolondolo [- 13.8133, 13.1362, 889 m] ( CAS 262731, 262732; UF 184185 – 184187; INBAC / AMB 10337, 10339).

Comments.

These are the first specimens of P. grandisonae collected since the original description by Poynton and Haacke (1993) and used by Ceríaco et al. (2018) to provide the first molecular data for P. grandisonae . The natural history and distribution of this species remain poorly known. The species is endemic to Angola and restricted to the southwestern regions of Namibe Province. It is associated with xeric vegetation in low-elevation areas ( Marques et al. 2018; Baptista et al. 2023).

Figures

Figure 4. a, b Xenopus petersii c Poyntonophrynus dombensis d Poyntonophrynus pachnodes e Sclerophrys pusilla f Phrynomantis annectens g Leptopelis anchietae h Phrynobatrachus natalensis. Photographs by AT (a, b, e, g, h); LMPC (c, f) and IA (d).