Hemisus marmoratus Rapp, 1842

Bittencourt-Silva, Gabriela B., Bayliss, Julian & Conradie, Werner, 2020, First herpetological surveys of Mount Lico and Mount Socone, Mozambique, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 247) 14 (2), pp. 198-217 : 205

Hemisus marmoratus Rapp, 1842

Mottled Shovel-nosed Frog

Material. MOUNT SOCONE (base): BMNH 2018.2542 ( Fig. 3K ). Identification. This species has a hard, protruding snout which is used for digging, and the dorsum is finely mottled and has a fine pale vertebral line. Comments. The specimen was found by raking through leaf litter around mango trees on the edge of dry lowland forest at the Chá Socone tea factory.

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Fig. 3. Amphibians from Mount Lico and Mount Socone, northern Mozambique. (A) Arthroleptis aff. francei; (B) Arthroleptis sp.; (C) A. stenodactylus (mountain form); (D) A. stenodactylus (lowland form); (E) A. xenodactyloides; (F) Leptopelis broadleyi; (G) L. flavomaculatus; (H) Breviceps sp.; (I) Mertensophryne cf. loveridgei; (J) Sclerophrys gutturalis; (K) Hemisus marmoratus; (L) Hyperolius marmoratus albofasciatus; (M–O) H. substriatus; (P) H. tuberilinguis; (Q) Nothophryne sp.; (R) Scolecomorphus kirkii.