Hemisus guineensis Cope, 1865
Hemisus guineensis Cope, 1865, Nat. Hist. Rev., N.S., 5: 100. Holotype: NHMW 1095 according to Häupl and Tiedemann, 1978, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 2: 18. Type locality: Not stated; "Guinea", by inference and according to Häupl and Tiedemann, 1978, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 2: 18.
Engystoma vermiculatum Peters, 1882, Naturwiss. Reise Mossambique, Zool. 3: 175. Types: Not stated. Type locality: Ashanti [Ghana]. Synonymy by Laurent, 1972, Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Cent., Tervuren, Ser. Octavo, Sci. Zool., 194: 46. Name published as a junior synonym and unavailable under Article 11(e) of the International Code (1985), according to Bauer, Günther, and Robeck, 1996, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 72: 271.
Hemisus marmoratum guineensis — Loveridge, 1933, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 74: 389. Loveridge, 1937, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 89: 295; Guibé and Lamotte, 1958, Mem. Inst. Franç. Afr. Noire, 53: 265.
Hemisus marmoratum guineense — Parker, 1936, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1936: 149. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Hemisus marmoratum guineense — De Witte, 1941, Explor. Parc Natl. Albert, Miss. G.F. de Witte (1933-1935), 33: 93. Laurent, 1954, Publ. Cult. Companhia Diamantes Angola, 23: 135, page 16 of preprint.
Hemisus guineensis macrodactylus Laurent, 1972, Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Cent., Tervuren, Ser. Octavo, Sci. Zool., 194: 50. Holotype: MRAC 109416, by original designation. Type locality: "Lubondja, Kilombwe valley, Southern Kivu, Congo [Dem. Rep. Congo]".
Hemisus guineensis katanganus Laurent, 1972, Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Cent., Tervuren, Ser. Octavo, Sci. Zool., 194: 52. Holotype: MRAC 100954, by original designation. Type locality: "Kapero swamp, near Lusinga, Upemba National Park, Katanga, Congo [Dem. Rep. Congo]".
Hemisus guineensis latinasus Laurent, 1972, Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Cent., Tervuren, Ser. Octavo, Sci. Zool., 194: 55. Holotype: MRAC 109508, by original designation. Type locality: "Kasiki, Marungu highlands, Katanga, Congo [Dem. Rep. Congo]".
Hemisus guineensis microps — Laurent, 1972, Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Cent., Tervuren, Ser. Octavo, Sci. Zool., 194: 55. Holotype: MRAC 851, by original designation. Type locality: "Kidada, Lower-Congo [Dem. Rep. Congo]".
Hemisus guineensis broadleyi Laurent, 1972, Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Cent., Tervuren, Ser. Octavo, Sci. Zool., 194: 57. Holotype: NMZB 4746, by original designation. Type locality: "32 miles northeast of Mtoko, Rhodesia [= Zimbabwe]".
Hemisus guineense —Laurent In Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 109. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
English Names
Pig-nosed Frog (Cochran, 1961, Living Amph. World: 166).
Broadley’s Shovel-nosed Frog (Lambiris, 1990 "1989", Monogr. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 10: 187).
Guinea Shovel-snouted Frog (Broadley, 1973, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 10: 23).
Guinea Shovelsnout Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 51).
Guinea Snout-burrower (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 121; Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 126).
Distribution
In a band of savanna and grassland from Senegal to Uganda and Kenya, thence south and west (around the rainforest) to Angola, the Caprivi of Namibia, northern Botswana, extreme northeastern Rep. South Africa and Mozambique.
Comment
Laurent, 1972, Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Cent., Tervuren, Ser. Octavo, Sci. Zool., 194: 50-59, described five subspecies. See Poynton and Broadley, 1985, Ann. Natal Mus., 26: 532-535, for accounts of Hemisus guineensis broadleyi and Hemisus guineensis microps. See brief account in Laurent, 1972, Explor. Parc Natl. Virunga, Ser. 2, 22: 38-39. Some records mapped by Largen, 1997, Tropical Zool., 10: 281. Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 121-122, provided an account. Rödel and Ernst, 2003, Herpetozoa, 16: 27, and Rödel, 2003, Salamandra, 39: 96, suggested that the taxonomy of animals resembling Hemisus guineensis and Hemisus marmoratus in West Africa is more complicated than the current taxonomy suggests. Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 126-127, provided an account and suggested that the taxon may be a composite of several species. Minter, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 114-115, provided an account for Hemisus guineensis broadleyi in South Africa. Segniagbeto, Bowessidjaou, Dubois, and Ohler, 2007, Alytes, 24: 72-90, did not mention this species in their list of species in Togo. Onadeko and Rödel, 2009, Salamandra, 45: 1-14, regarded this taxon of uncertain distinctiveness compared with Hemisus marmoratus and regarded both taxa to be part of a larger cryptic species complex. Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 216-217, provided an account. Mercurio, 2011, Amph. Malawi: 135, provided an account for Malawi.
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