Ptychadena cf. taenioscelis Laurent, 1954

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Ptychadena cf. taenioscelis Laurent, 1954

Stripe-legged Grass Frog

Material. HILLWOOD FARM: BMNH 2018.5784–86 ( Fig. 6N ). Comments: Adult specimens found in pond. These specimens have been identified using the key in Poynton and Broadley (1985a). The closest match on GenBank (95%) is P. taenioscelis from the Republic of the Congo (GenBank accession number KY080397). Perret (1979) assigned records of taenioscelis from west and central Africa to pumilio Boulenger. There seems to be some confusion in the literature regarding the taxonomy of these species, and a review of the group is needed.

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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).