Phrynobatrachus sp. 3

Bittencourt-Silva Keywords., Gabriela B., 2019, A herpetological survey of western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 181) 13 (2), pp. 1-28 : 9

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scientific name	Phrynobatrachus sp. 3
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Material. HILLWOOD FARM: BMNH 2018.5866–67 ( Fig. 6D View Fig ); NKWAJI: BMNH 2018.5856– 57, BMNH 2018.5858–60, BMNH 2018.5861 ( Fig. 6E View Fig ), BMNH 2018.5862 –63; BMNH 2018.5868–69 ( Fig. 6F View Fig ), BMNH 2018.5870–72. Comments: All specimens are morphologically similar to P. natalensis , however the BLAST search shows sequence similarity with P. natalensis from South Africa (GenBank accession number DQ 347303) varying between 90–91% (see Fig. 5 View Fig ). These populations form a northern Zambian clade, sister to southern, western, and eastern African clades. Further investigation is needed to resolve the taxonomical status of this group.

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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).

Fig. 5. Maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree inferred from nucleotide sequence data from mitochondrial 16S rRNA of Phrynobatrachus natalensis. Numbers above branches are non-parametric bootstrap support values.Specimen vouchers or GenBank accession numbers are shown in parentheses. Colored polygons highlight the clades comprising specimens from this study. (*) Nearest sample from type locality of Phrynobatrachus natalensis; (**) Haplotype groups A and B in Zimkus and Schick (2010).