Pyxicephalus cf. adspersus Tschudi, 1838

Bittencourt-Silva Keywords., Gabriela B., 2019, A herpetological survey of western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 181) 13 (2), pp. 1-28 : 12

Pyxicephalus cf. adspersus Tschudi, 1838

Giant Bullfrog

Material. SIOMA NGWEZI NP: BMNH 2018.5787– 91 ( Fig. 6P ). Comments: All individuals collected are juveniles. Hence, identification is tentative and based on the geographic range of the species. The BLAST shows 95% sequence similarity to Pyxicephalus cf. adspersus ( DQ 347304) and P. edulis ( DQ 022366).

Figures

Fig. 6. Amphibians of western Zambia. (A) Phrynobatrachus cf. parvulus (BMNH 2018.5889), (B) Phrynobatrachus natalensis (BMNH 2018.5838), (C) Phrynobatrachus natalensis (BMNH 2018.5842), (D) Phrynobatrachus sp. 1 (BMNH 2018.5867), (E) Phrynobatrachus sp. 1 (BMNH 2018.5861), (F) Phrynobatrachus sp. 1 (BMNH 2018.5869), (G) Xenopus poweri (BMNH 2018.5659), (H) Xenopus pygmaeus, (I) Ptychadena anchietae (BMNH 2018.5730), (J) Ptychadena cf. mossambica (BMNH 2018.5759), (K) Ptychadena porosissima (BMNH 2018.5766), (L) Ptychadena porosissima (BMNH 2018.5769), (M) Ptychadena porosissima (BMNH 2018.5770), (N) Ptychadena taenioscelis (BMNH 2018.5785), (O) Amietia chapini (BMNH 2018.5664), (P) Pyxicephalus cf. adspersus (BMNH 2018.5791), (Q) Tomopterna sp. (BMNH 2018.5797), (R) Chiromantis xerampelina (BMNH 2018.5798).