Strongylopus springbokensis Channing, 1986
Strongylopus springbokensis Channing, 1986, Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), 16: 128. Holotype: PEM A963, by original designation. Type locality: "Springbok in Namaqualand", Western Cape Province, Rep. South Africa.
Rana (Stronglylopus) springbokensis — Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 334.
English Names
Springbok Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 109).
Namaqua Stream Frog (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 360; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 428).
Distribution
Mountainous areas of Namaqualand, north of the Knersvlakte and south of the Orange River, Western Cape Province, Rep. South Africa, 200-1600 m elevation.
Comment
See accounts by Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 353, Channing, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 314-316, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 428-429. 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: 516.
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