Poyntonophrynus fenoulheti (Hewitt and Methuen, 1913)

Pietersen, Darren W., Pietersen, Errol W. & Conradie, Werner, 2017, Preliminary herpetological survey of Ngonye Falls and surrounding regions in south-western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 148) 11 (1), pp. 24-43 : 27

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13226803

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0389D162-755D-8B33-FCB8-A193FA8FF96D

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scientific name

Poyntonophrynus fenoulheti (Hewitt and Methuen, 1913)
status

 

Poyntonophrynus fenoulheti (Hewitt and Methuen, 1913) View in CoL

Northern Pygmy Toad

Photograph: VMUS 5989

A single individual was photographed at Ngonye Falls campsite. It was distinguished from P. kavangensis on the basis of the tympanum being distinctly visible, and the presence of small tubercles on the dorsal surface of the snout ( du Preez and Carruthers 2009). The only previous Zambian records are from the northern shore of Lake Kariba and the Zambian bank of the Victoria Falls ( Broadley 1971a; Channing 2001; Poynton and Broadley 1988, 1991), while the nearest locality is Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi Region of Namibia ( Channing 2001; Poynton and Broadley 1991). This record extends the known range of this species 110 km north-west.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Bufonidae

Genus

Poyntonophrynus

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