Sclerophrys poweri (Hewitt, 1935)
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Sclerophrys poweri (Hewitt, 1935) |
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Sclerophrys poweri (Hewitt, 1935) View in CoL
Western Olive Toad ( Fig. 5 View Fig )
Material: NB512 (36); NB756 (25); NB764 (26); NB767 (26); NB768 (26); NB769 (26).
Comment: Also occurring in northern Namibia and Botswana ( Channing 2001), this is the second confirmed record of the species for Angola, after a previous record near Calai ( Conradie et al. 2016). Some early records of Bufo regularis sensu latu may also refer to S. poweri ( Ruas 1996) . Bufo regularis humbensis Monard, 1937 was originally described from Mulondo, close to BNP. It is currently placed under the synonymy of S. garmani ( Tandy and Keith 1972) , which in Angola refers to S. poweri , and this synonymy should be reviewed. Sclerophrys poweri is very abundant in BNP and was found hundreds of meters away from water on moist nights. Breeding was observed in permanent pans, with males calling in choruses at night and eggs typically laid in gelatinous single strings.
Channing A. 2001. Amphibians of Central and Southern Africa. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, USA. 470 p.
Conradie W, Bills R, Branch WR. 2016. The herpetofauna of the Cubango, Cuito, and lower Cuando river catchments of south-eastern Angola. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 10 (2) [Special Section]: 6 - 36 (e 126).
Ruas C. 1996. Contribuicao para o conhecimento da fauna de batraquios de Angola. Garcia de Orta: Serie de Zoologia 21 (1): 19 - 41.
Tandy M, Keith R. 1972. Bufo of Africa. Pp. 119 - 170 in Evolution in the Genus Bufo. Editor, Blair WF. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas, USA. 459 p.
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