Phrynomantis annectens Werner, 1910

Marques, Mariana P., Parrinha, Diogo, Lopes-Lima, Manuel, Tiutenko, Arthur, Bauer, Aaron M. & Ceríaco, Luis M. P., 2024, An island in a sea of sand: a first checklist of the herpetofauna of the Serra da Neve inselberg, southwestern Angola, ZooKeys 1201, pp. 167-217 : 167-217

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1201.120750
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11193063
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scientific name	Phrynomantis annectens Werner, 1910
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Phrynomantis annectens Werner, 1910 View in CoL

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Records.

N’Dolondolo [- 13.8004, 13.1362, 897 m] ( UF 187250, 187251; INBAC / AMB 10344); Maylowe [- 13.8342, 13.2767, 803 m] ( UF 190275).

Comments.

Endemic to southwestern Africa from southwestern Angola southwards through Namibia to the arid regions of northern South Africa ( Marques et al. 2018; Channing and Rödel 2019). In Angola, P. annectens is restricted to the coastal lowlands of the country ( Marques et al. 2018). The species is frequently associated with inselbergs and other rocky outcrops in arid regions ( Channing 2001; Channing and Rödel 2019). Our specimens were found inside crevices at the base of Serra da Neve. Ceríaco et al. (2021) discussed the taxonomic and nomenclatural history of P. annectens and provided an additional record for the country.

References

Ceríaco LMP, Santos B, Marques MP, Bauer AM, Tiutenko A (2021) Citizen Science medias meets specimens in old formalin filled jars: A new species of Banded Rubber Frog, genus Phrynomantis (Anura: Mycrohylidae) from Angola. Alytes 38 (1 – 4): 18 – 48.

Channing A (2001) Amphibians of Central and Southern Africa. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, 470 pp. https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501733697

Channing A, Rödel M-O (2019) Field guide to the frogs and other amphibians of Africa. Struik Nature, Cape Town, 408 pp.

Marques MP, Ceríaco LMP, Blackburn DC, Bauer AM (2018) Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola – Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840 – 2017). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4 (65, Supplement II): 1 – 501.

Figures

Figure 4. a, b Xenopus petersii c Poyntonophrynus dombensis d Poyntonophrynus pachnodes e Sclerophrys pusilla f Phrynomantis annectens g Leptopelis anchietae h Phrynobatrachus natalensis. Photographs by AT (a, b, e, g, h); LMPC (c, f) and IA (d).