Rhoptropus sp.

Ceríaco, L. M. P., De Sá, S., Bandeira, S., Valério, H., Stanley, E. L., Kuhn, A. L., Marques, M. P., Vindum, J. V., Blackburn, D. C. & Bauer, A. M., 2016, Herpetological Survey of Iona National Park and Namibe Regional Natural Park, with a Synoptic List of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Namibe Province, Southwestern Angola, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (2), pp. 15-61 : 30

Rhoptropus sp.

MATERIAL.— Espinheira, 29 November 2013, 16º47ʹ32.7ʺS, 12º21ʹ14.4ʺE, 562 m ( CAS 254801 ) ; Omauha Lodge, 4 December 2013, 16º12ʹ1.2ʺS, 12º24ʹ0.1ʺE, 343 m ( CAS 254836 , CAS 254955 ); INP, north of Tambor, 4 December 2013, 15º59ʹ46.9ʺS, 12º24ʹ24.0ʺE, 300 m ( CAS 254842 , CAS 254762 , CAS 254766 ), 15º28ʹ31.7ʺS, 12º27ʹ43.9ʺE, 408 m ( CAS 254765 , CAS 254760 ); Leba Pass, between river and highway, 5 December 2013, 15º4ʹ12.1ʺS, 13º14ʹ36.5ʺE, 1680 m ( CAS 254873 ) , 15º4ʹ13.2ʺS, 13º14ʹ37.7ʺE, 1676 m ( CAS 254879 , CAS 254881 , CAS 254883 ); Namibe-Lubango road, 2 m east (by road) of Mangueiras, south side of the road, 5 December 2013, 15º2ʹ40.8ʺS, 13º9ʹ32.6ʺE, 664 m ( CAS 254890 – 254891 ) , 15º2ʹ40.7ʺS, 13º9ʹ31.0ʺE, 640 m ( CAS 254893 , CAS 254894 ) .

COMMENTS.— This undescribed species is morphologically similar to both R. barnardi and R. biporosus , but appears to be endemic to southern Angola. Populations from the Escarpment are both morphologically and genetically different from those below the Escarpment.This taxon is currently under study as part of a phylogenetic analysis and revision of the genus as a whole (A. Kuhn and A. Bauer, in prep.).