Amietophrynus langanoensis (Largen, Tandy, and Tandy, 1978)
Bufo langanoensis Largen, Tandy, and Tandy, 1978, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 10: 4. Holotype: BMNH 1975.1192, by original designation. Type locality: "Northwest shore of Lake Langano, Shoa Province, Ethiopia (07° 38′ N 38° 42′ E, altitude 1585 m)".
Amietophrynus langanoensis — 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
Lake Langano Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 42).
Distribution
Northern Rift Valley of Ethiopia, associated with permanent water in dry savanna and semidesert at 700-1600 m elevation; likely to be eventually found in Eritrea and Somalia.
Comment
In the Bufo blanfordii group; see discussion by Tandy and Feener, 1985, in Schuchmann (ed.), Proc. Internatl. Symp Afr. Vert.: 563-572. Largen, 2001, Tropical Zool., 14: 319-320, commented on habitat and distribution and noted that the populations from Awash National Park might represent a distinct species. See account (as Bufo langanoensis), photograph, and map for Ethiopia and Eritrea by Largen and Spawls, 2010, Amph. Rept. Ethiopia Eritrea: 90.
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