Phrynomantis newtoni Ceríaco, Santos, Marques, Bauer, & Tiutenko 2021

Santos, Bruna S., Marques, Mariana P., Bauer, Aaron M. & Ceríaco, Luis M. P., 2021, Herpetological results of Francisco Newton’s Zoological Expedition to Angola (1903 – 1906): a taxonomic revision and new records of a forgotten collection, Zootaxa 5028 (1), pp. 1-80 : 11

Phrynomantis newtoni Ceríaco, Santos, Marques, Bauer, & Tiutenko 2021

Material (one specimen): One adult specimen (MHNCUP/ ANF 194 , formerly UP-MHNFCP-017327; Fig. S5 ), collected from Chingo (Novo Redondo) [-11.20000º, 13.85000º, 11 m a.s.l.] Kwanza Sul Province, in 1903 .

Comments: Phrynomantis newtoni is a species known from low elevation coastal areas of southern and central Angola, ranging from Benguela to Luanda Province (Ceríaco et al. 2021). Boulenger had previously described the Angolan specimens as a Phrynomantis bifasciatus (Smith, 1847) variety – “Var. C” ( Boulenger 1882). Ferreira (1904) cited this specimen as an adult “ Phrynomantis bifasciatus ” of “Boulenger’s Var. C”. A recent study by Ceríaco et al. (2021) selected MHNC-UP/ANF194 as the holotype of the new taxon P. newtoni , honoring Francisco Newton as its collector and an important naturalist explorer.

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FIGURE 5. Life photo of Phrynobatrachus cf. mababiensis, from Maungo. Photo by Luis Ceríaco.