Sclerophrys funerea (Bocage, 1866)

Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta, Castroviejo-Fisher, Santiago & De, Ignacio, 2020, Synopsis of the Amphibians of Equatorial Guinea based upon the Authors’ Field Work and Spanish Natural History Collections, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 66 (8), pp. 137-230 : 156

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scientific name	Sclerophrys funerea (Bocage, 1866)
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TYPE LOCALITY.— “ Duque de Bragança ”, Calandula, Angola .

DISTRIBUTION.— This species has a wide range extending across the rainforests throughout west-central Africa, from Gabon to Uganda, and southwards to Angola. In Equatorial Guinea, it has been reported only from Bioko by Boulenger (1882) as Bufo benguelensis Boulenger, 1882 ( Map 11C View MAPS ).

COMMENTS.— This species was described from a juvenile specimen collected in Calandula, Angola “Duque de Bragança”. In Equatorial Guinea, Boulenger (1882) reported this species, as Bufo benguelensis , on Bioko (then known as Fernando Poo) and “Benguela”; this taxon was synonymized with B. funereus by Bocage (1895b). However, the taxonomic status and, consequently, the distribution of S. funerea is not clear ( Marques et al. 2018), and its presence in Equatorial Guinea is doubtful.

SPECIMENS EXAMINED.— We did not find any specimen of this taxon in the collections examined in this study.

References

BOCAGE, J. V. B. 1895 b. Herpetologie de l'Angola et du Congo. Lisbonne: Ministere de la Marine et des Colonies.

BOULENGER, G. A. 1882. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the Collection of the British Museum. Second Edition. London: Taylor and Francis.

MARQUES, M. P., L. M. P. CERIACO, D. C. BLACKBURN, AND A. M. BAUER. 2018. Diversity and distribution of the amphibians and reptiles of Angola: an atlas of historical and bibliographical records (1840 - 2017). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 65: 1 - 501.