Mertensophryne howelli (Poynton and Clarke, 1999)
Stephopaedes howelli Poynton and Clarke, 1999, Afr. J. Herpetol., 48: 3. Holotype: BMNH 1992.231, by original designation. Type locality: "pitfall trap . . . near the campsite . . . Morara Forest, Mafia Island, Tanzania, 7° 53′ S, 39° 50′ E".
Mertensophryne (Stephopaedes) howelli — 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: 365.
English Names
Mrora Forest Toad (Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 120).
Distribution
Morara Forest, Mafia Island, Tanzania.
Comment
Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 120-121, provided an account (as Stephopaedes howelli). See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Stephopaedes howelli) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 205.
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