Amietophrynus turkanae (Tandy and Feener, 1985)
Bufo turkanae Tandy and Feener, 1985, in Schuchmann (ed.), Proc. Internatl. Symp Afr. Vert.: 572. Holotype: AMNH 76460, by original designation. Type locality: "Loiengalani, Lake Turkana, Kenya (2° 47′ N, 36° 45′ E), altitude 381 m".
Amietophrynus turkanae — 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 Turkana Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 43).
Turkana Toad (Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 95).
Distribution
North-central Kenya in isolated localities.
Comment
In the Bufo blanfordi group according to the original publication. Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 95-96, provided an account.
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