Bufo vertebralis albiventris Power 1927

Conradie, Werner, Branch, William R. & Watson, Gillian, 2015, Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 1: Amphibians, Zootaxa 3936 (1) : -

Bufo vertebralis albiventris Power 1927

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 14: 418–421; Pl. XXII, Figs. 1–4 . Current name: Poyntonophrynus fenoulheti ( Hewitt and Methuen, 1912)

Syntypes (2): PEM A826 and 827 (formerly AMG 5610); Lobatsi, Botswana; J.H. Power, 16 July 1927.

Remarks. Both specimens in good condition with a ventral medial incision. Full body X-ray is available. The original type series consisted of eight syntypes allegedly in MMK, but not specifically stated. Subsequently one specimen was exchanged with MCZ (A-15402), according to Barbour and Loveridge (1946). The remainder of the types are unaccounted for in the MMK (Beryl Wilson pers. comm.). Synonymised with Bufo fenoulheti ( Poynton 1964) . Placed in a new genus, Poyntonophrynus , by Frost et al. (2006).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Family Pyxicephalidae I: A—Lectotype of Anhydrophryne rattrayi (PEM A 6334), B—Lectotype of Arthroleptella bicolor villiersi (PEM A 1568), C—Holotype of Arthroleptella drewesii (PEM A 2319), D—Holotype of Arthroleptella landdrosia (PEM A 7123).

FIGURE 2. Family Breviciptidae: A—Holotype of Breviceps acutirostris (PEM A 1540), B—Lectotype of Breviceps fuscus (PEM A 4826), C—Lectotype of Breviceps tympanifer (PEM A 4811), D—Lectotype of Breviceps parvus (PEM A 1534), E—Lectotype of Breviceps parvus caffer (PEM A 849).

FIGURE 3. Family Bufonidae I: A— Lectotype of Bufo fenoulheti rhodesianus (PEM A 9079), B—Lectotye of Bufo fenoulheti (PEM A 825), C— Lectotype of Bufo angusticeps amatolica (PEM A 828), D—Holotype of Bufo robinsoni (PEM A 2492), E— Holotype of Bufo gariepensis nubicola (PEM A 2513), F—Lectotype of Bufo rosei (PEM A 5132).

FIGURE 4. Family Bufonidae II: A—Lectotype of Bufo regularis pardalis (PEM A 837), B—Lectotype of Bufo regularis rangeri (PEM A 822).