Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Nectophrynoides malcolmi Grandison, 1978, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 11: 124. Holotype: BMNH 1975.1961, by original designation. Type locality: "6-8 km SE Goba, road to Maslo, Balé Province, Ethiopia, 06° 59′ N-40° 01′ E, elevation 3200 m".

Altiphrynoides malcolmi — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 27.

English Names

Malcolm's Ethiopia Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 38).

Ethiopian Mountain Toad (Largen and Spawls, 2010, Amph. Rept. Ethiopia Eritrea: 100).

Distribution

Bale Mountains at altitudes of 3200-4000 m, Bale Province, Ethiopia.

Comment

See Largen, 2001, Tropical Zool., 14: 326, for comments on distribution. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 156. See account (as Altiphrynoides malcolmi), photograph, and map for Ethiopia by Largen and Spawls, 2010, Amph. Rept. Ethiopia Eritrea: 100-101.

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