Poyntonophrynus dombensis (Bocage, 1895)

Parrinha, Diogo, Calado, Francisco M. G., Marques, Mariana P., Bauer, Aaron M. & Ceríaco, Luis M. P., 2025, Echoes of a lost museum: Revision of the herpetological collections sent by Barbosa du Bocage from the Lisbon Museum to the British Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate Zoology 75, pp. 353-404 : 353-404

Poyntonophrynus dombensis (Bocage, 1895) *

Specimens.

Angola: Dombe ( Benguella ): BMNH 1947.2.21.3 –4 [ syntypes, originally BMNH 1896.2.28.3 –4; Figs 10 , 11 ] .

Comments.

Although Bocage (1895 b) described Bufo dombensis based on 18 specimens collected by Anchieta at “ Dombe (Benguella) ”, Perret (1976) only identified two syntypes in the Lisbon Museum. The two syntypes (Figs 10 , 11 ) in the British Museum were sent by Bocage on 24 February 1896 ( NHMA /DF/ZOO/235/1/1/1/76 ) and were briefly cited by Boulenger (1898). Although not noted as types by Boulenger (1898), the specimens in the British Museum are generally regarded as syntypes ( Marques et al. 2018; Baptista et al. 2023).

Figures

Figure 10. Syntype of Poyntonophrynus dombensis (BMNH 1947.2. 21.3). Photos by Frank Tillack.

Figure 11. Syntype of Poyntonophrynus dombensis (BMNH 1947.2. 21.4). Photos by Frank Tillack.