Sphaerotheca strachani (Murray, 1884)
Tomopterna strachani Murray, 1884, Vert. Zool. Sind: 399. Type(s): Karachi Mus., presumed lost. Type locality: "Sind (Mulleer)" (= Malir, near Karachi), Pakistan.
Rana strachani — Boulenger, 1890, Fauna Brit. India, Rept. Batr.: 452.
Rana (Tomopterna) strachani — Boulenger, 1920, Rec. Indian Mus., 20: 101-102. Dubois, 1981, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 15: 233; by implication.
Tomopterna strachani — Deckert, 1938, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1938: 139. by implication.
Sphaerotheca strachani — Vences, Glaw, Kosuch, Das, and Veith, 2000, Lourenço and Goodman (eds.), Diversité et Endéémisme à Madagascar: 232.
English Names
Pakistan Bullfrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 110).
Distribution
Malir, Karachi, Sind (Pakistan).
Comment
Khan, 1976, Biologia, Lahore, 22: 208, following Mertens, 1969, Stuttgart. Beit. Naturkd., 197: 15, noted that Tomopterna strachani was probably a synonym of Tomopterna breviceps. This synonymy was accepted by Dubois, 1983, Alytes, 2: 165, but subsequently Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 57, without comment, regarded Tomopterna strachani as either incertae sedis within Sphaerotheca or a synonym of another species. See account by Boulenger, 1920, Rec. Indian Mus., 20: 106.
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