Amietophrynus pantherinus (Smith, 1828)
Bufo pantherinus Smith, 1828, S. Afr. Comm. Advert., 3: 2. Types: not designated. BMNH 1936.12.3.25 designated neotype by Poynton and Lambiris, 1998, Afr. J. Herpetol., 47: 7. Type locality: Found in moist situations in various parts of Africa . . . . Vicinity of Cape Town [Western Cape Province, South Africa]. Restricted to "vicinity of Cape Town", Western Cape Province, South Africa, by neotype designation.
Bufo cruciger Schmidt, 1846, Abh. Geb. Naturwiss. Hamburg, 1: 169. Holotype: ZMH, lost, according to Hallermann, 1998, Mitt. Hamburg. Zool. Mus. Inst., 95: 211. Type locality: "Cap der guten Hoffnung" (= Cape of Good Hope), Western Cape Province, Rep. South Africa. Synonymy by Poynton and Lambiris, 1998, Afr. J. Herpetol., 47: 3-12. Primary homonym of Bufo variabilis var. crucigera Eichwald, 1831 (= Bufo viridis).
Amietophrynus pantherinus — 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
Panther Toad (Bufo pantherinus: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 43).
Cape Toad (Bufo cruciger [no longer recognized]: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 41).
Southern Panther Toad (Bufo pantherinus: Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 89).
Western Leopard Toad (Bufo pantherinus: De Villiers, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 71; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 148).
August Frog (Bufo pantherinus: De Villiers, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 71 [secondary name]).
Leopard Toad (Bufo pantherinus: De Villiers, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 71 [secondary name]).
Distribution
Southwestern Cape region from the Cape Peninsula to Gansbaai, Western Cape Province, Rep. South Africa.
Comment
See Poynton and Lambiris, 1998, Afr. J. Herpetol., 47: 3-12, for a discussion of characteristics (Bufo pardalis group = Bufo pantherinus group) and nomenclature as well as the literature problems surrounding the use of this name. Eick, Harley, and Cherry, 2001, J. Herpetol., 35: 113-114, provided molecular evidence for the distinctiveness of Bufo pantherinus and Bufo pardalis. Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 89, De Villiers, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 71-74, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 148-149, provided accounts. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Bufo pantherinus) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 189.
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