Phrynobatrachus natalensis (Smith, 1849)

Baptista, Ninda L., António, Telmo & Branch, William R., 2019, The herpetofauna of Bicuar National Park and surroundings, southwestern Angola: a preliminary checklist, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 203) 13 (2), pp. 96-130 : 105

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scientific name	Phrynobatrachus natalensis (Smith, 1849)
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Snoring Puddle Frog

Comment: This species was heard, but not recorded, calling in BNP (site 31) on 24 January 2009; no material was collected (A. Channing, pers. comm.). It is widespread in Angola ( Ruas 1996, 2002; Marques et al. 2018) and includes several cryptic taxa ( Zimkus et al. 2010) that are presently being investigated. Additional specimens collected from BNP will be crucial for species confirmation.

References

Marques MP, Ceriaco 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 65 (Supplement II): 1 - 501.

Ruas C. 1996. Contribuicao para o conhecimento da fauna de batraquios de Angola. Garcia de Orta: Serie de Zoologia 21 (1): 19 - 41.

Ruas C. 2002. Batraquios de Angola em coleccao no Centro de Zoologia. Garcia de Orta: Serie de Zoologia 24 (1 - 2): 139 - 154.

Zimkus BM, Rodel MO, Hillers A. 2010. Complex patterns of continental speciation: molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of sub-Saharan puddle frogs (Phrynobatrachus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55 (3): 883 - 900.