Bufo fenoulheti Hewitt and Methuen 1912

Conradie, Werner, Branch, William R. & Watson, Gillian, 2015, Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 1: Amphibians, Zootaxa 3936 (1) : -

Bufo fenoulheti Hewitt and Methuen 1912

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 3: 108.

Current name: Poyntonophrynus fenoulheti ( Hewitt and Methuen, 1912)

Lectotype: PEM A825 (AMG 1520); Newington, Limpopo Province, South Africa; J.P. Fenoulhet, March 1912.

Remarks. The description is based on three specimens (one in AMG and two in TMP). Poynton and Broadley (1988) reported the ‘holotype’ to be in the PEM, although Hewitt & Methuen (1912) did not designate a holotype or emphasize or illustrate a specific specimen. We follow Poynton and Broadley (1988) and designate PEM A825 as the lectotype on the basis that it is mentioned first in the list of syntypes. The remaining syntypes (TMP 10877–10878) therefore become paralectotypes. The lectotype is in perfect condition except for transverse and longitudinal incisions on the abdomen, and a ventral transverse incision at the base of the left leg. A full body Xray is available. Frost et al. (2006) placed the species in a new genus, Poyntonophrynus .