Phrynomantis annectens Werner, 1910

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

Phrynomantis annectens Werner, 1910

Fig. 4 f

Records.

N’Dolondolo [- 13.8004, 13.1362, 897 m] ( UF 187250, 187251; INBAC / AMB 10344); Maylowe [- 13.8342, 13.2767, 803 m] ( UF 190275).

Comments.

Endemic to southwestern Africa from southwestern Angola southwards through Namibia to the arid regions of northern South Africa ( Marques et al. 2018; Channing and Rödel 2019). In Angola, P. annectens is restricted to the coastal lowlands of the country ( Marques et al. 2018). The species is frequently associated with inselbergs and other rocky outcrops in arid regions ( Channing 2001; Channing and Rödel 2019). Our specimens were found inside crevices at the base of Serra da Neve. Ceríaco et al. (2021) discussed the taxonomic and nomenclatural history of P. annectens and provided an additional record for the country.

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).