Amietia delalandii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)

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 : 206

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13258253

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Amietia delalandii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
status

 

Amietia delalandii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) View in CoL Delalande’s River Frog

Material. MOUNT LICO (base): BMNH 2018.2553– 55, PEMA 13569–71, MHNM:WC-6384. Identification. These specimens were readily identified by their large body (> 70 mm), white immaculate venter, narrow head, and by having up to three phalanges of the 4 th toe free of web. The closest match on GenBank (100% similarity) is A. delalandii from Malawi ( KU 693773). Channing et al. (2016) recently resurrected this taxon from the synonymy of Amietia quecketti . Comments. The specimens were found at night in or on the margins of the stream near the campsite.

KU

Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Pyxicephalidae

Genus

Amietia

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