Sclerophrys pusilla (Mertens, 1937)

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 : 103

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Southern Flat-backed Toad ( Fig. 6)

Material: NB056 (31); NB763 (26).

Comment: Taxonomy and identification of bufonids in Angola remains problematic ( Baptista et al. 2019). Sclerophrys pusilla represents populations previously assigned to S. maculata in eastern and southern Africa, including Angola ( Poynton et al. 2016). This species is known from several localities in the country ( Poynton and Haacke 1993; Ruas 1996, 2002; Conradie et al. 2016; Ceríaco et al. 2018c; Marques et al. 2018). It was heard calling in BNP on 24 January 2009, but not collected (A. Channing, pers. comm.), and was recently recorded from Capelongo, near BNP ( Butler et al. 2019). It was also found around the Main Camp facilities and in a permanent water body.

References

Baptista N, Conradie W, Vaz Pinto P, Branch WR. 2019. The amphibians of Angola: early studies and the current state of knowledge. Pp. 243 - 281 In: Biodiversity of Angola. Science & Conservation: A Modern Synthesis. Editors, Huntley BJ, Russo V, Lages F, Ferrand N. Springer, Cham, Switzerland. 549 p.

Butler BO, Ceriaco LPM, Marques MP, Bandeira S, Julio T, Heinicke MP, Bauer AM. 2019. Herpetological survey of Huila Province, southwest Angola, including first records from Bicuar National Park. Herpetological Review 50 (2): 225 - 240.

Ceriaco LMP, Marques MP, Bandeira S, Backburn DC, Bauer AM. 2018 c. Herpetological survey of Cangandala National Park, with a synoptic list of the amphibians and reptiles of Malanje Province, Central Angola. Herpetological Review 49 (3): 408 - 431.

Conradie W, Bills R, Branch WR. 2016. The herpetofauna of the Cubango, Cuito, and lower Cuando river catchments of south-eastern Angola. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 10 (2) [Special Section]: 6 - 36 (e 126).

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.

Poynton JC, Haacke WD. 1993. On a collection of amphibians from Angola, including a new species of Bufo Laurenti. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 36: 9 - 16.

Poynton JC, Loader SP, Conradie W, Rodel MO, Liedtke HC. 2016. Designation and description of a neotype of Sclerophrys maculata (Hallowell, 1854), and reinstatement of S. pusilla (Mertens, 1937) (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 4098: 73 - 94.

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.