Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Pyxicephalus natalensis Smith, 1849, Illust. Zool. S. Afr., 3 (Appendix): 23. Type(s): Not stated or known to exist; types not noted by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 31, and so may have never been deposited in BMNH. Type locality: "the country to the eastward of the Cape Colony, more particularly the districts in the neighbourhood of Port Natal", Rep. South Africa.

Tomopterna natalensis — Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 129. Poynton and Broadley, 1985, Ann. Natal Mus., 27: 131.

Rana natalensis — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 30.

Pyxicephalus pondoensis Power, 1935, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1935: 335. Holotype: MMK, by original designation. Type locality: "Port St. Johns", Pondoland, Rep. South Africa. Synonymy by Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 101.

Rana (Pyxicephalus) natalensis — Inger, 1959, in Hanström et al. (eds.), S. Afr. Animal Life: 520.

Tomopterna natalensis — Van Dijk, 1966, Ann. Natal Mus., 18: 258. Vences, Glaw, Kosuch, Das, and Veith, 2000, Lourenço and Goodman (eds.), Diversité et Endéémisme à Madagascar: 232.

Rana (Tomopterna) natalensis — Dubois, 1981, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 15: 233. by implication.

Tomopterna (Tomopterna) natalensis — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 57.

English Names

Natal Burrowing Frog (Hewitt, 1937, Guide Vert. Fauna E. Cape Province, Rept. Amph. Fishes: 92; Pienaar, 1963, Koedoe, 6: 79; Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 5; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 122).

Natal Pyxie (Pienaar, 1963, Koedoe, 6: 79; Wager, 1965, Frogs S. Afr.: 137; Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 5; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 122).

Natal Sand Frog (Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 5; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 122; Channing, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 327-328; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 444).

Natal Bullfrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 110).

Distribution

Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique and Transvaal, KwaZulu-Natal, and Eastern Cape Province, Rep. South Africa; northern highveld area in the Caledon Valley in Lesotho; Swaziland and northern Botswana.

Comment

See accounts in Poynton and Broadley, 1985, Ann. Natal Mus., 27: 131, Lambiris, 1988, Lammergeyer, 39: 79-80, Channing, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 327-328, Pickersgill, 2007, Frog Search: 126-127, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 444-445. Bates and Haacke, 2003, Navors. Nas. Mus. Bloemfontein, 19: 125, discussed the species in Lesotho.

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