Hemisus marmoratus (Peters, 1854)

Bittencourt-Silva Keywords., Gabriela B., 2019, A herpetological survey of western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 181) 13 (2), pp. 1-28 : 6

Hemisus marmoratus (Peters, 1854)

Marbled Snout-burrower

Material. MAYUKUYUKU: BMNH 2018.5713 ( Fig. 3I ); SIOMA NGWEZI NP: BMNH 2018.5714 ( Fig. 3J ). Comments: Juvenile individuals found at night in sandy soil in miombo woodland. Hemisus marmoratus is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, excluding rainforest, and it mainly inhabits savannahs but can also be found in gallery forests. The BLAST search shows the closest match on GenBank (94%) is H. marmoratus ( AY 531831). Table 2 shows the p-distance for both species of Hemisus presented here and highlights a limitation of the use of this measure for species delimitation.

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Fig. 3. Amphibians of western Zambia. (A) Arthroleptis stenodactylus (BMNH 2018.5827), (B) Arthroleptis xenochirus (BMNH 2018.5811), (C) Schismaderma carens (BMNH 2018.5728), (D) Sclerophrys gutturalis (BMNH 2018.5701), (E) Sclerophrys lemairii, (F) Sclerophrys pusilla (BMNH 2018.5708), (G) Hemisus cf. guineensis (BMNH 2018.5800), (H) Hemisus cf. guineensis (BMNH 2018.5799), (I) Hemisus marmoratus (BMNH 2018.5713), (J) Hemisus marmoratus (BMNH 2018.5714), (K) Hyperolius dartevellei (BMNH 2018.5681), (L) Hyperolius major (BMNH 2018.5675), (M) Hyperolius marginatus (BMNH 2018.5667), (N) Hyperolius nasicus (BMNH 2018.5666), (O) Hyperolius parallelus (BMNH 2018.5689), (P) Hyperolius parallelus (BMNH 2018.5697), (Q) Hyperolius quinquevittatus, (R) Kassina senegalensis.