Amietia Dubois, 1987

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 : 149-151

Genus Amietia Dubois, 1987

Amietia angolensis (Bocage, 1866) ANGOLA RIVER FROG

Rana angolensis Bocage 1866b:73 . Lectotype: MBL T.8-94 designated by implication by Perret (1976a:18), having listed syntype as holotype. Destroyed by fire 18 March 1978. Type locality: “Duque de Bragança” ( Bocage 1866b:73), [= Calandula] Malanje Province, Angola.

Rana angolensis : Bocage (1866a:54; 1866b:73, 1887c:211, 1895a:158, 1897a:203) Ferreira (1903:111), Boulenger (1882:50, 1905:108), Themido (1941:2), Laurent (1964a:132), Perret (1976a:18), Cei (1977:16, 17), Poynton and Broadley (1985b:131), Frost (1985:480), Gavetti and Andreone (1993:91), Poynton and Haacke (1993:14), Drewes and Vindum (1994:64), Ruas (1996:23, 2002:143), Largen (2001:331).

Rana Delalandi : Bocage (1870:68).

Rana chapini : Noble (1924:214).

Rana (Rana) angolensis : Monard (1937a: 43, 1938:99).

Rana fuscigula angolensis : Loveridge (1933:362, 1936b:410, 1953a:365, 1957:339), Schmidt (1936:128), Mertens (1937a:19, 1938a:426), Parker (1939:141), Laurent (1950a:14, 1954a:71), Hellmich (1957a:25).

Rana fuscigula : Inger (1959:540), Schmidt and Inger (1959:48).

Afrana angolensis : Channing (2001:255), Channing and Howell (2009:250), Pickersgill (2007a:98), Frétey et al. (2011:42).

Amietia angolensis : Channing et al. (2012:318), Channing and Baptista (2013:501), Frost (2016), Channing et al. (2016:15).

Amietia cf. angolensis : Ceríaco et al. (2016a:20).

Global conservation status (IUCN): Least Concern. Global distribution: The species is known from western central Africa, extending from southern Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo south through Angola and possibly in the Caprivi Strip of Namibia.

Ocurrences in Angola (Map 97): The species is found throughout Angola, especially in the northern and western regions. Lunda

Norte: “Dundo” [-7.36667, 20.83333] ( Laurent 1950a:14, 1954a:71; Ruas 1996:23);

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

( Laurent 1954a:71; Ruas 1996:23); “rive de la

Tshimumbwe, 40 km à l’est de Dundo (rio

Chiumbe)” [-8.01667, 19.31667] ( Laurent

1950a:14; Ruas 1996:23); “Tshinguvu gallerie forestière de la Tshikapa, 50 km au sud-ouest de Dundo (Chingufo)” [-8.01667, 19.31667]

( Laurent 1950a:14; Ruas 1996:23). Lunda

Sul: “Alto Cuílo, rives du Cuílo, (rio Cuílo)”

[-10.01667, 19.55000] ( Laurent 1964a:132;

Ruas 1996:23); “Alto Chicapa, partie supérieur des chutes du Cuango-Muqué (rio CuangoMuqué)” [-10.76667, 19.20000] (Laurent MAP 97. Distribution of Amietia angolensis in Angola. 1964a:132; Ruas 1996:23); “Alto Chicapa” [-10.88333, 19.23333] ( Laurent 1964a:132; Ruas 1996:23); “Dala” [-11.03333, 20.20000] ( Monard 1937a:43, 1938:99; Ruas 1996:23). Moxico: “Calombe (Luso)” [-11.83333, 19.93333] ( Ruas 1996:24, 2002:143); “Cazombo” [-11.88333, 22.91667] ( Laurent 1964a:132 Ruas 1996:23); “Calunda, Alto Zambeze)” [-12.11667, 23.46667] ( Laurent 1964a:132; Ruas 1996:23). Uíge: “Serra do Pingano” [-7.68528, 14.92956] ( Channing et al. 2016:16, 66); “Quilomosso” [-7.6599, 149821] ( Channing et al. 2016:16, 66). Malanje: “Duque de Bragança (Calandula)” [-9.06667, 17.90000] ( Bocage 1866a:54, 1866b:73, 1895a:158, 1897a:203; Loveridge 1933:362, 1936b:410; 1953a:365, 1957:339; Perret 1976a:18; Poynton and Broadley 1985b:131; Frost 1985:480, 2016; Ruas 1996:23; Largen 2001:331; Pickersgill 2007a:98, Channing and Baptista 2013:508; Channing et al. 2016:16); “Pungo-Andongo” [-9.66667, 15.58333] ( Bocage 1895a:158; Boulenger 1905:108; Ruas 1996:23). Kwanza Norte: “N’dalla Tando (Dala Tando)” [-9.30000, 14.91667] ( Ferreira 1903:111; Ruas 1996:23); “Ndalatando Botanical Garden” [-9.33422, 14.89895] ( Channing et al. 2016:16, 66); “Zembe” [-9.350000, 14.683333] ( Ferreira 1903:111; Ruas 1996:23). Kwanza Sul: “Quirimbo” [-10.68333, 14.26667] ( Parker 1936:141; Ruas 1996:23); “Congulu” [-10.86667, 14.28333] ( Parker 1936:141; Ruas 1996:23). Huambo: “Bimbi” [-11.81667, 15.83333] ( Monard 1938:99 Ruas 1996:23); “Galanga” [-12.06667, 15.15000] ( Bocage 1895a:158; Ruas 1996:23); “ Mt. Moco ” [-12.41667, 15.18333] ( Parker 1936:141; Ruas 1996:23); “Santo-Amaro” [-12.70000, 15.85000] ( Monard 1937a:43, 1938:99; Ruas 1996:23); “Cubango basin (18)” [-12.67105, 16.11111] ( Conradie et al. 2016:18). Bié: “Gauca” [-11.18333, 17.45000] (Schimdt 1936:128; Ruas 1996:23), “Chitau” [-11.43333, 17.15000] (Schimdt 1936:128; Ruas 1996:23; Channing et al. 2016:16); “General Machado” [-12.03333, 17.46667] ( Mertens 1937a:19); “Cubango basin (11)” [-13.69413, 17.06177] ( Conradie et al. 2016:18); “Cubango basin (12a)” [-13.59333, 16.87986] ( Conradie et al. 2016:18.19); “Cubango basin (13)” [-13.28061, 16.74722] ( Conradie et al. 2016:18); “Cubango basin (14)” [-12.87242, 16.76742] ( Conradie et al. 2016:19). Benguela: “Benguela” [-12.58333, 13.41667] (Loveridge 1936:90; Channing et al. 2016:16); “Quibula” [-12.28333, 14.68333] ( Bocage 1895a:158; Ruas 1996:23); “Quissange” [-12.43333, 14.05000] ( Bocage 1887c:211, 1895a:158; Perret 1976a:18; Ruas 1996:23); “Entre-Rios” [-13.01667, 14.63333] ( Hellmich 1957a:25); “Cubal” [-13.03333, 14.25000] ( Mertens 1938a:426; Ruas 1996:23). Huíla: “Monguaval farm”

[-13.45000, 14.61667] (Poynton and Haacke 1993:14; Ruas 1996:23); “Tongrube am Jamba-Fluβ” [-13.60000, 16.60000] ( Hellmich 1957a:25); “Caconda” [-13.73333, 15.06667] ( Bocage 1895a:158; Perret 1976:18; Gavetti and Andreone 1993:91; Ruas 1996:23); “Kalukembé” [-13.78333, 14.68333] ( Monard 1937a:43, 1938:99; Ruas 1996:23); “Sangevé” [-13.88333, 15.83333] ( Monard 1937a:43, 1938:99; Ruas 1996:23); “Kuvangu” [-14.46667, 16.30000] ( Monard 1937a:43, 1938:99; Ruas 1996:23); “Boca de Humpata” [-15.01667, 13.38333] ( Laurent 1964a:132; Ruas 1996:23; Channing et al. 2012:318; Channing and Baptista 2013:508); “Zootecnica Station, Humapata” [-14.91417, 13.31653] ( Channing et al. 2016:16, 66); “Humapata camp” [-14.95000, 13.26667] ( Channing et al. 2016:16, 66); “Huíla” [-15.05000, 13.55000] ( Bocage 1895a:158; Themido 1941:2; Perret 1976a:18; Ruas 1996:23). Namibe: “Leba pass, between river and highway” [-15.07006, 13.24414] (Ceríaco et al. 2016a:20). Cuando Cubango: “Cubango basin (4)” [-14.81913, 17.67450] ( Conradie et al. 2016:18); “Cubango basin (22d)” [-14.64991, 16.90739] ( Conradie et al. 2016:18); “ Cuando Cubango Province” [-14.64991, 18.4672] ( Channing et al. 2016:16). Undetermined Locality: “without precise locality” ( Bocage 1870:78); “Rio Quando” ( Bocage 1895a:158; Ruas 1996:23); “areas of forest and savanna in the north and northeast of Angola ” ( Cei 1977:16); “plateaus regions” ( Cei 1977:16); “arid territories along the coast” ( Cei 1977:16); “Mombola” ( Channing et al. 2016:16).

Taxonomic and distributional notes: Many authors, including Poynton (1964), Drewes and Vindum (1994), and Channing and Howell (2006) recognized that there are probably several undescribed cryptic species within the enormous range of this taxon. Pickersgill (2007a) named three new species from Eastern Africa populations that were previously included within Amietia angolensis . Channing and Baptista (2013) and Channing et al. (2016) restricted nominal A. angolensis to Angolan populations, though recognized that it may occur more broadly, especially in neighboring countries for which they lacked specimens with genetic data.