Probreviceps

Loader, Simon P., Channing, Alan, Menegon, Michele & Davenport, Tim R. B., 2006, A new species of Probreviceps (Amphibia: Anura) from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania, Zootaxa 1237, pp. 45-60 : 57

Key to species and subspecies of Probreviceps

1a Tympanum visible ......................................................................................................... 2

1b Tympanum hidden ................................................................................... P. uluguruensis

2a Snout pointed. Males (>9% of SUL) and females (>4% of SUL) with a relatively large tympanum...................................................................................................................... 3

2b Snout rounded. Males (<7% of SUL) and females (<5% of SUL) with a relatively small tympanum ............................................................................................................ 4

3a Snout hardened white with canthal ridges to apex of the snout ................. P. durirostris

3b Canthus with no ridges or hardened white .......................................... P. m. rungwensis

4a Limbs short, tibio­tarsal articulation not reaching elbow ........................ P. rhodesianus

4b Limbs long, tibio­tarsal articulation reaching shoulder or beyond ............................... 5

5a Tympanum half the diameter of eye. Known from the Uluguru and Udzungwa Mountains........................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................ P. m. loveridgei

5b Tympanum 2/3 the diameter of the eye. Known from the Usambara and Nguru Moun­ tains .................................................................................................P. m. macrodactylus