Breviceps namaquensis Power, 1926
Breviceps namaquensis Power, 1926, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., 20: 465. Syntypes: SAM (2 specimens), by original designation. Type locality: "Port Nolloth, Namaqualand", Northern Cape Province, Rep. South Africa.
English Names
Namaqua Rain Frog (Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 4; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 98; Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 222; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 122).
Namaqualand Short-headed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 87).
Distribution
Namaqualand coast of extreme southern Namibia and Rep. South Africa south to the Melkbos District in the Western Cape Province.
Comment
See accounts by Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 222, Braack, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 186-187, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 122-123.
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