Xenopus petersii Bocage, 1895

Conradie, Werner, Bills, Roger & Branch, William R., 2016, The herpetofauna of the Cubango, Cuito, and lower Cuando river catchments of south-eastern Angola, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 126) 10 (2), pp. 6-36 : 17

Xenopus petersii Bocage, 1895

Peter’s Platanna

Material: PEM A10293 (3), 12094‒5(5), 10276‒7 (6b), and 11526 (53a); PEM T 583 (10) and 584 (24); SAIAB 187443 (21).

Comment: Reported from most of Angola ( Bocage 1879, 1895; Boulenger 1905; Ferreria 1906; Parker 1936; Schmidt 1936; Monard 1937a; Hellmich 1957; Schmidt and Inger 1959; Laurent 1964; Loumont 1981; Poynton and Haacke 1993; Ruas 1996). Common throughout the north-eastern catchments ( Fig. 9b ), it was replaced in the Cuando River by X. poweri .

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Fig. 9. Selective amphibians and reptiles from south-easternAngola.A. Ptychadena taeniocelis; B. Xenopus petersii; C. Ptychadena cf. grandisonae; D. Ichnotropis spp; E. Causus cf.rasmusseni; F.Causus cf.rasmusseni; G. Boaedon cf.angolensis; H. Trachylepis cf. spilogaster.