Mertensophryne usambarae (Poynton and Clarke, 1999)
Stephopaedes usambarae Poynton and Clarke, 1999, Afr. J. Herpetol., 48: 5. Holotype: BMNH 1994.712, by original designation. Type locality: "pitfall trap off a forest path in the . . . Kwangumi Forest Reserve, East Usambara foothills, northeastern Tanzania, 4° 57′ S, 38° 42′ E".
Mertensophryne (Stephopaedes) usambarae — 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
Usambara Forest Toad (Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 123).
Distribution
Foothills of the East Usambara Mountains, northeastern Tanzania, below 410 m elevation.
Comment
Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 123-124, provided an account (as Stephopaedes usambarae). See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Stephopaedes usambarae) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 205.
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