Amietia chapini ( Noble, 1924 )

Bittencourt-Silva Keywords., Gabriela B., 2019, A herpetological survey of western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 181) 13 (2), pp. 1-28 : 12

Amietia chapini ( Noble, 1924)

Chapin's River Frog

Material. HILLWOOD FARM: BMNH 2018.5660–61, BMNH 2018.5662 –63, BMNH 2018.5664 ( Fig. 6O), BMNH 2018.5665. Comments: Specimens found near streams in miombo woodland. The result of the BLAST search shows that A. chapini is the closest match to the specimens collected at Hillwood Farm (sequence similarity with A. chapini of 96–98%). All specimens have long legs (tibiofibula ~0.6 of snout-vent length), as noted by Noble (1924). I note that the specimens described as A. chapini by Channing et al. (2016) differ from the specimens listed above in coloration – the latter being darker. If these specimens are confirmed to be A. chapini , this will be the first record of this species for Zambia, but their presence in Zambia is not surprising considering the proximity (ca. 380 km) between the currently known populations from southern DRC (Kundelungu National Park) and Hillwood Farm.