Capensibufo rosei (Hewitt, 1926)
Bufo rosei Hewitt, 1926, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., 20: 417. Syntypes: AMG, by original designation; now in PEM. Type locality: "Muizenberg Mountain", Cape Peninsula, Western Cape Province, Rep. South Africa.
Capensibufo rosei — Grandison, 1980, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Zool., 39: 294.
English Names
Striped Mountain Toad (Rose, 1950, Rep. Amph. S. Afr.: 104; Rose, 1962, Rep. Amph. S. Afr., Ed. 2: 99; Wager, 1965, Frogs S. Afr.: 114; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 66).
Rose's Toad (Rose, 1950, Rep. Amph. S. Afr.: 106; Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 4; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 66; Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 100).
Cape Mountain Toad (Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 4; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 66).
Muizenberg Cape Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 44).
Rose's Mountain Toad (De Villiers, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 87).
Rose's Mountain Toadlet (Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 186).
Distribution
Southwestern Cape Folded Belt west of Breede River and south of Worcester, Western Cape Province, Rep. South Africa.
Comment
See comments under Capensibufo and Capensibufo tradouwi. See account by Boycott, 1988, in Branch (ed.), South Afr. Red Data Book, Amph. Rept.: 113-115. In the Bufo gariepensis group of Martin, 1972, in Blair (ed.), Evol. Genus Bufo: 62. Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 100-102, De Villiers, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 87-90, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 186-187, provided accounts. 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: 194. Tolley, de Villiers, Cherry, and Measey, 2010, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 100: 822-834, suggested that this name covers a species complex.
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