Breviceps montanus Power, 1926
Breviceps montanus Power, 1926, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., 20: 466. Syntypes: AMG (1 specimen) (now in PEM) and SAM (2 specimens), by original designation. Type locality: "Table Mountain", Cape Peninsula, Western Cape Province, Rep. South Africa.
English Names
Mountain Blaasop (Rose, 1950, Rep. Amph. S. Afr.: 94; Rose, 1962, Rep. Amph. S. Afr., Ed. 2: 90; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 94).
Cape Mountain Rain Frog (Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 100; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 118).
Mountain Short-headed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 87).
Mountain Rain Frog (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 219).
Distribution
Western Cape Fold Mountains and Table Mountain of Western Cape Province, Rep. South Africa.
Comment
See accounts by Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 219-220, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 118-119.
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