Tomopterna cf. cryptotis (Boulenger, 1907)

Pietersen, Darren W., Pietersen, Errol W. & Conradie, Werner, 2017, Preliminary herpetological survey of Ngonye Falls and surrounding regions in south-western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 148) 11 (1), pp. 24-43 : 29

Tomopterna cf. cryptotis (Boulenger, 1907)

Tremolo Sand Frog

Material: SAIAB 205362

Photographs: VMUS 5999, 6000

Recorded at Ngonye Falls campsite and on the eastern banks of the Zambezi River below Ngonye Falls. Previously collected in Western Province at Kalabo, Sandaula Plain and Sesheke ( Channing 2001; Poynton and Broadley 1985b, 1991), and our records partially fill the gap between these localities. We provisionally assign our records to T. cryptotis based on distribution, but note that species delineation in this genus is problematic when based solely on external morphology, and these specimens may in fact refer to the similar Tandy’s Sand Frog T. tandyi Channing and Bogart, 1996 .