Going Back to Rovuma: The Frog Fauna of a Coastal Dry Forest, and a Checklist of the Amphibians of Mozambique

作者: Annemarie Ohler , Thierry Frétey

DOI: 10.2982/028.103.0203

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摘要: ABSTRACT Field work was conducted in 2008 and 2009 Nhica do Rovuma, Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique, order to assess anuran faunal composition East African coastal dry forest. A total 31 species were observed and/or collected; 24 these are new for the province. Discussions on nomenclatural taxonomic aspects given Leptopelis broadleyi, Hyperolius parkeri, Ptychadena anchietae, oxyrhynchus, taenioscelis. Available names nasutus complex frogs discussed microps is used as valid name acuticeps. The following synonyms: translucens Power, 1935 syn. nov. a junior subjective synonym Crumenifera pusilla Cope, 1862 with pusillus (Cope, 1862); usaramoae Loveridge, 1932 acuticeps Ahl, 1931 synonyms Gunther, 1864. Xenopus petersi confirmed from Mozambique based histor...

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