Cryptothylax Laurent and Combaz, 1950

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 : 88-89

Genus Cryptothylax Laurent and Combaz, 1950

Cryptothylax greshoffii ( Schilthuis, 1889) GRESHOFF’S WAX FROG

Hylambates Greshoffii Schilthuis 1889:286 , unnumbered fig. Type: UZ by original designation, now possibly deposited in RMNH fide Hoogomoed in Frost (1985:205) (collector A. Greshoff) . Type locality: “Boma ( Congo, W. Africa)” ( Schilthuis 1889:284), [= Boma], Democratic Republic of Congo .

Hylambates greshoffii : Frost (1985:205).

Cryptothylax greshoffii : Schiøtz (1999:90), Blackburn and Jackson (2006:358), Frétey et al. (2011:29), Channing et al. (2012:200), Frost (2016).

Global conservation status (IUCN): Least Concern.

Global distribution: The species is known from the forests of southern Cameroon extending into the Democratic Republic of Congo, and south to northern Angola.

Ocurrences in Angola: The species occurs in northern Angola. Uíge: without precise location ( Schiøtz 1999:91).

Taxonomic and distributional notes: This forest edge species has been reported from several parts of the Congo Basin, where wetlands are very widespread, and probably represents the center of its dispersion ( Amiet 2012). Schiøtz (1999) provided a distribution map of the species with a record in Uíge Province, in northern Angola, although without further detail.