Breviceps cf. ombelanonga Nielsen et al., 2020

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Breviceps cf. ombelanonga Nielsen et al., 2020

Specimen.

Angola: Quissange : BMNH 1887.3.23.5 .

Comments.

This specimen was sent together with a shipment of Hylambates specimens on 19 March 1887, identified in both the letter and specimen label as No. 5 ( NHMA /DF/ZOO/235/1/1/1/76 ). In his letter Bocage noted “ 5. Enfin un individu, de Quissange, que j’hésite à considérer comme étant le Breviceps gibbosus et qui me semble également distinct du B. mossambicus , dont je possède un individu identique à la fig de Peters ”. Bocage (1873 a) first assigned his Angolan material to Breviceps gibbosus and later to Breviceps mossambicus ( Bocage 1895 a) . While we provisionally refer this specimen to the recently described Breviceps ombelanonga , further genetic sampling of historical localities is critical to identify populations of this morphologically conservative group ( Nielsen et al. 2020).