Kassina Girard, 1853

Marques, Mariana P., Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Blackburn, David C. & Bauer, Aaron M., 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, pp. 1-501 : 115-117

Genus Kassina Girard, 1853

Kassina kuvangensis (Monard, 1937) KUVANGU KASSINA

Cassiniopsis kuvangensis Monard 1937a:41 , fig. 19. Holotype: MHNC 90.0012 (collector A. Monard). Type locality: Not stated in the original description but given as “Kuvangu,” Angola by Monard (1938:97). Cassiniopsis kuvangensi : Monard (1938:97), Cei (1977:17). Kassina kuvangens is: Schiøtz (1975:61), Frost (1985:224, 2016), Poynton and Broadley (1987:179), Schiøtz

(1999:245), Channing (2001:187), Frétey et al. (2011:35), Channing et al. (2012:233).

Global conservation status (IUCN): Least Concern. Global distribution: The species is known from Angola and Zambia. Ocurrences in Angola (Map 59): The species is known for “Kuvangu,” south-central Angola. Bié: “Cubango basin (10)” [-13.71616, 17.09661] ( Conradie et al. 2016: 8-9, 15). Huíla: “Kuvangu” [-14.46667, 16.30000] ( Monard 1938:97; Frost 1985:224, 2016; Poynton and Broadley

Kassina maculosa ( Sternfeld, 1917) MARBLED RUNNING FROG

Megalixalus maculosus Sternfeld 1917:501 , pl. 24, fig. 11. Lectotype: SMF 7249 designated lectotype by Mertens (1967:48). Original syntypes SMF [2 specimens] (collector Schubotz). Type locality: “Duma, Ubangi” fide ( Frost 2016), Democratic Republic of Congo.

Kassina maculosa : Schiøtz (1999:241), Frétey et al. (2011:35), Frost (2016).

Kassina cf. maculosa : Ceríaco et al. (2014b:669).

Global conservation status (IUCN):

Least Concern.

Global distribution: The species is known from Cameroon, Central African

Republic, the northern Democratic Republic of

Congo, and Angola.

Ocurrences in Angola (Map 60): The species is recorded from Malanje Province.

Malanje: “Capanda” [-9.72841, 15.34585]

(Ceríaco et al. 2014b:669).

Taxonomic and distributional notes:

Ceríaco et al. (2014b), following the discussion of morphological traits provided by Amiet

(2012), identified one specimen from “Capanda” as possibly representing Kassina maculosa

( Sternfeld, 1917). If correct, this specimen would be the first record for and and the southernmost record of the species (Ceríaco et al. MAP 60. Distribution of Kassina maculosa in Angola. 2014b).

Kassina senegalensis (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) SENEGAL KASSINA

Cystignathus Senegalensi s Duméril and Bibron 1841:419. Syntypes: MNHN 4507 [2 specimens] (collector

Heudelot) fide R. Laurent in Frost (1985:225). Type locality: “envoyée du Sénégal (...) dans les étanges environs de Galam” (Duméril and Bibron 1841:419), Senegal. Kassina angeli : Schmidt (1936:132). Kassina senegalensis angeli : Laurent (1954a:76, 1964a:148). Kassina senegalensis : Monard (1938:96), Inger (1959:541), Poynton and Haacke (1993:14), Blackburn and

Scali (2014:30). Kassina senegalensis microps : Cei (1977:17, 18). Kassina senegalensis : Frost (1985:225, 2016), Schiøtz (1999:232), Channing (2001:191), Frétey et al.

(2011:35).

Global conservation status (IUCN): Least Concern.

Global distribution: The species is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal east to Uganda and Kenya and south to Namibia in the west and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa in the east.

Ocurrences in Angola (Map 61): The species occurs from extreme northeast to south-central Angola, it appears not to occur in the northwestern regions. Lunda Norte:

“Dundo” [-7.36667, 20.83333] ( Laurent

1964a:148); “Route Dundo-Caluango road,

Rivière Luchico ” [-7.75000, 19.91667] ( Laurent 1964a:148); “Andrada (Luembe O)”

[-7.70000, 21.38333] ( Laurent 1954a:76);

“ Muita (Luembe E)” [-7.80000, 21.45000]

( Laurent 1954a:76); “ River du lac Calundo”

[-11.80000, 20.86667] ( Laurent 1964a:148).

Moxico: “banks of Calundo lake , Moxico ”

[-11.80000, 20.86667] ( Laurent 1964a:168).

Bié: “Gauca” [-11.18333, 17.45000] ( Schmidt

1936:132); “Chitau” [-11.43333, 17.15000]

( Schmidt 1936:132). Huíla: “Viriambundo”

[-15.53333, 14.05000] (Poynton and Haacke MAP 61. Distribution of Kassina senegalensis in Angola. 1993:14); “Molundo” [-15.63333, 15.20000] ( Monard 1938:96). Cunene: “ 5 km W of Pereira de Eça” [-17.06667, 15.73333] (Poynton and Haacke 1993:14). Cuando Cubango: “Cubango basin (6b)” [-14.67458, 17.73544] ( Conradie et al. 2016:8-9, 16); “Cuito basin (24)” [-14.60622, 18.46722] ( Conradie et al. 2016:8-9, 16); “Cuando basin (39)” [-17.46333, 22.86638] ( Conradie et al. 2016:9-10, 16); “Cuando basin (40)” [-17.45786, 22.91191] ( Conradie et al. 2016:9-10, 16). Taxonomic and distributional notes: According to Laurent (in Frost 1985), Largen (1975) mentioned that K. senegalensis may comprise several cryptic species.