Sclerophrys funerea (Bocage, 1866)
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.11105986 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11106173 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B1733A-FFE8-A14C-FFFB-FF5FEF5AFD22 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Sclerophrys funerea (Bocage, 1866) |
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Sclerophrys funerea (Bocage, 1866) View in CoL
TYPE LOCALITY.— “ Duque de Bragança ”, Calandula, Angola .
DISTRIBUTION.— This species has a wide range extending across the rainforests throughout west-central Africa, from Gabon to Uganda, and southwards to Angola. In Equatorial Guinea, it has been reported only from Bioko by Boulenger (1882) as Bufo benguelensis Boulenger, 1882 ( Map 11C View MAPS ).
COMMENTS.— This species was described from a juvenile specimen collected in Calandula, Angola “Duque de Bragança”. In Equatorial Guinea, Boulenger (1882) reported this species, as Bufo benguelensis , on Bioko (then known as Fernando Poo) and “Benguela”; this taxon was synonymized with B. funereus by Bocage (1895b). However, the taxonomic status and, consequently, the distribution of S. funerea is not clear ( Marques et al. 2018), and its presence in Equatorial Guinea is doubtful.
SPECIMENS EXAMINED.— We did not find any specimen of this taxon in the collections examined in this study.
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