Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Bufo funereus Bocage, 1866, J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat., Lisboa, 1: 56. Nomen nudum.

Bufo funereus Bocage, 1866, J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat., Lisboa, 1: 77. Holotype: MBL T.5-363, according to Perret, 1976, Arq. Mus. Bocage, Ser. 2, 6: 15-34; presumably destroyed in 1978 fire. Type locality: "Duque de Bragança [= Calandula]", Angola.

Bufo benguelensis Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 299. Syntypes: BMNH (3 specimens), by original designation and including animal figured on pl. 19, fig. 3, in the original publication. Type localities: "Benguela", "Fernando Po" (= Bioko, Equatorial Guinea), and "W. Africa". Synonymy by Bocage, 1895, Herpetol. Angola Congo: 186; Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 102; Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 172.

Bufo benguellensis — Bocage, 1895, Herpetol. Angola Congo: 186. Incorrect subsequent spelling.

Bufo berghei Laurent, 1950, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 44: 1. Holotype: MRAC unnumbered by original designation. Type locality: "Makamba (Alt. 1500 m.), Terr. de Bururi, Urundi [= Burundi]". Synonymy by Hulselmans, 1970, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 81: 152.

Bufo funereus funereus — Schmidt and Inger, 1959, Explor. Parc Natl. Upemba, Miss. G.F. de Witte, 56: 17. by implication; Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 63: 270.

Bufo funereus berghei — Hulselmans, 1970, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 81: 152. Tandy and Keith, 1972, in Blair (ed.), Evol. Genus Bufo: 158.

Amietophrynus funereus — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 363.

English Names

Angola Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 41).

Somber Toad (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 69; Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 73).

Distribution

West-central Africa from Gabon to Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda, southward to Dem. Rep. Congo and Angola in rainforest.

Comment

In the Bufo funereus group of Tandy and Keith, 1972, in Blair (ed.), Evol. Genus Bufo: 158. See comment under Bufo fuliginatus. See brief accounts in Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 63: 262-276, Laurent, 1972, Explor. Parc Natl. Virunga, Ser. 2, 22: 22-24, and Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 69. Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 172, noted that "Bufo benguelensis" of Andersson, 1905, Ark. Zool., 2(20): 26, was referrable to Bufo regularis. Records from Benin, Nigeria, and Cameroon need to be reevaulated. Jackson and Blackburn, 2007, Salamandra, 43: 149-164, provided a record for Nouabale-Ndoki National Park, Rep. Congo.

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