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Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Review of the genus petropedetes reichenow, 1874 in Central Africa with the description of three new species (Amphibia: Anura: Petropedetidae)
Zootaxa, No. 2340, Year 2010
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Description
We review and summarize the present knowledge on Central African Petropedetes, discuss their taxonomy and describe three new species. We synonymise one name: P. newtonii is a junior synonym of P. johnstoni. Frogs from the African mainland, namely Cameroon and eastern Nigeria, assigned to "P. newtonii" in more recent literature, were misidentified. They are herein described anew as Petropedetes vulpiae sp. nov. Two further new taxa are morphologically similar to other described species. Petropedetes euskircheni sp. nov. is morphologically close to P. parkeri but differs foremost in the smaller size of the femoral glands in adult males. P. juliawurstnerae sp. nov. is morphologically similar to P. perreti and P. cameronensis. It can be distinguished from P. perreti by its less developed webbing and from P. cameronensis by the size of its tympanum and the occurrence of a tympanic papilla in males. A key to adult males of the currently known Central African Petropedetes species is given and an outlook on potential further new taxa is provided. Copyright © 2010 Magnolia Press.
Authors & Co-Authors
Barej, Michael F.
Germany, Bonn
Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig
Rödel, Mark Oliver
Germany, Berlin
Humboldt-universität zu Berlin
Gonwouo, Legrand Nono
Cameroon, Yaounde
Université de Yaoundé I
Pauwels, Olivier S.G.
Belgium, Brussels
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut Voor Natuurwetenschappen
Böhme, Wolfgang
Germany, Bonn
Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig
Schmitz, Andreas
Switzerland, Geneva
Natural History Museum of Geneva
Statistics
Citations: 24
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.11646/zootaxa.2340.1.1
ISSN:
11755326
e-ISSN:
11755334
Study Locations
Cameroon
Nigeria