Xenopus petersii Bocage, 1895
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Xenopus petersii Bocage, 1895 View in CoL
Peters' Clawed Frog
Material: NB757 (27); NB758 (27); NB759 (27).
Comment: This species is widespread in Angola ( Monard 1937a as X. laevis ; Ruas 1996, 2002; Baptista et al. 2018; Ceríaco et al. 2018c; Marques et al. 2018). It has been previously recorded in BNP from both tadpoles (A. Channing, pers. comm.) and adults ( Butler et al. 2019). Furman et al. (2015) consider that in Angola, X. petersii is widespread and X. poweri is restricted to southeastern Angola, but few samples from Angola were used in their analysis and this genus is worthy of a more comprehensive assessment in the country. Hamerkop ( Scopus umbretta ) and Lilac-breasted Roller ( Coracias caudatus ) were seen preying upon this species in BNP.
Baptista N, Antonio T, Branch WR. 2018. Amphibians and reptiles of the Tundavala region of the Angolan escarpment. Biodiversity & Ecology 6: 397 - 403.
Bocage JVB. 1895. Herpetologie d'Angola et du Congo. Imprimerie Nationale, Lisbonne, Portugal. 203 p.
Butler BO, Ceriaco LPM, Marques MP, Bandeira S, Julio T, Heinicke MP, Bauer AM. 2019. Herpetological survey of Huila Province, southwest Angola, including first records from Bicuar National Park. Herpetological Review 50 (2): 225 - 240.
Ceriaco LMP, Marques MP, Bandeira S, Backburn DC, Bauer AM. 2018 c. Herpetological survey of Cangandala National Park, with a synoptic list of the amphibians and reptiles of Malanje Province, Central Angola. Herpetological Review 49 (3): 408 - 431.
Furman BL, Bewick AJ, Harrison TL, Greenbaum E, Gvozdik V, Kusamba C, Evans BJ. 2015. Pan-African phylogeography of a model organism, the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis. Molecular Ecology 24 (4): 909 - 925.
Marques MP, Ceriaco LMP, Blackburn DC, Bauer AM. 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 (Supplement II): 1 - 501.
Monard A. 1937 a. Contribuition a la batrachologie d'Angola. Bulletin de la Societe Neuchateloise des Sciences Naturelles 62: 1 - 59.
Ruas C. 1996. Contribuicao para o conhecimento da fauna de batraquios de Angola. Garcia de Orta: Serie de Zoologia 21 (1): 19 - 41.
Ruas C. 2002. Batraquios de Angola em coleccao no Centro de Zoologia. Garcia de Orta: Serie de Zoologia 24 (1 - 2): 139 - 154.
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