Mertensophryne loveridgei (Poynton, 1991)
Stephopaedes loveridgei Poynton, 1991, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 152: 456. Holotype: BMNH 1969.1492, by original designation. Type locality: "Mahenge, Tanzania (8°41′S, 36°43′E, ca. 1,000 m)".
Mertensophryne (Stephopaedes) loveridgei — 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
Mahenge Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 46).
Loveridges Forest Toad (Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 122).
Distribution
Coastal woodland and forest, from the Kilombero Valley south of the Rufiji River in southeastern Tanzania.
Comment
See account (as Stephopaedes loveridgei) by Poynton and Clarke, 1999, Afr. J. Herpetol., 48: 8-9. Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 122-123, provided an account.
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