Sclerophrys pusilla (Mertens, 1937)

Bittencourt-Silva Keywords., Gabriela B., 2019, A herpetological survey of western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 181) 13 (2), pp. 1-28 : 4

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scientific name	Sclerophrys pusilla (Mertens, 1937)
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Sclerophrys pusilla (Mertens, 1937) View in CoL

Southern Flat-backed Toad

Material. ITEZHI-TEZHI: BMNH 2018.5709–10; MAYUKUYUKU: BMNH 2018.5708 ( Fig. 3F View Fig ); NKWAJI: BMNH 2018.5711–12. Comments: Specimens identification were confirmed using DNA barcoding (100% sequence similarity) and nonmorphometric morphological characters following Poynton et al. (2016). Specimens were found in miombo woodland.

References

Poynton JC, Loader SP, Conradie W, Roedel M-O, Liedtke HC. 2016. Designation and description of a neotype of Sclerophrys maculata (Hallowell, 1854), and reinstatement of S. pusilla (Mertens, 1937) (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 4098: 73 - 94.

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Fig. 3. Amphibians of western Zambia. (A) Arthroleptis stenodactylus (BMNH 2018.5827), (B) Arthroleptis xenochirus (BMNH 2018.5811), (C) Schismaderma carens (BMNH 2018.5728), (D) Sclerophrys gutturalis (BMNH 2018.5701), (E) Sclerophrys lemairii, (F) Sclerophrys pusilla (BMNH 2018.5708), (G) Hemisus cf. guineensis (BMNH 2018.5800), (H) Hemisus cf. guineensis (BMNH 2018.5799), (I) Hemisus marmoratus (BMNH 2018.5713), (J) Hemisus marmoratus (BMNH 2018.5714), (K) Hyperolius dartevellei (BMNH 2018.5681), (L) Hyperolius major (BMNH 2018.5675), (M) Hyperolius marginatus (BMNH 2018.5667), (N) Hyperolius nasicus (BMNH 2018.5666), (O) Hyperolius parallelus (BMNH 2018.5689), (P) Hyperolius parallelus (BMNH 2018.5697), (Q) Hyperolius quinquevittatus, (R) Kassina senegalensis.