Chiromantis Peters, 1854

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 : 162

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scientific name	Chiromantis Peters, 1854
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Genus Chiromantis Peters, 1854 View in CoL

Chiromantis xerampelina Peters, 1854 GREY FOAM-NEST TREEFROG View in CoL

Chiromantis xerampelina Peters (1854:627) View in CoL . Syntypes: ZMB 6593 View Materials , 6594 View Materials [4 specimens] (collector W.C.H. Peters) fide Bauer et al. (1995:50). Type locality: “Tette und Sena” Mozambique.

Chiromantis xerampelina View in CoL : Schiøtz (1999:38), Channing (2001:375), Pickersgill (2007a:296), Frétey et al. (2011:43), Frost (2016).

Global conservation status (IUCN):

Least Concern.

Global distribution: The widespread species occurs in savannas of eastern and central Africa, extending into northeastern South

Africa.

Ocurrences in Angola (Map 109): The species is known from southwestern Angola.

Benguela: “ Benguela ” ( Schiøtz 1999:39;

Channing 2001:376).

Taxonomic and distributional notes:

Schiøtz (1999) and Channing (2001) provided maps with a record of this species in Benguella Province, though without information about the locality; Frétey et al. (2011) also listed this MAP 109. Distribution of Chiromantis xerampelina in Angola.

species as occurring in Angola.

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