Poyntonophrynus damaranus (Mertens, 1954)
Bufo fenoulheti damaranus Mertens, 1954, Senckenb. Biol., 35: 9. Holotype: MCZ 22398, by original designation. Type locality: "Ombujomatemba, sudlich des Waterberges, Damaraland", Namibia. Synonymy (with Bufo dombensis) by Mertens, 1971, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 529: 11, and Tandy and Keith, 1972, in Blair (ed.), Evol. Genus Bufo: 159. Synonymy (with Bufo fenoulheti) by Channing and Griffin, 1993, Madoqua, Windhoek, 18: 101-106.
Bufo dombensis damaranus — Mertens, 1971, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 529: 7. Synonymy questioned by Poynton and Broadley, 1988, Ann. Natal Mus., 29: 447-490, and Poynton and Haacke, 1993, Ann. Transvaal Mus., 36: 1-16.
Bufo damaranus — Channing and Vences, 1999, S. Afr. J. Zool., 34: 78.
Poyntonophrynus damaranus — 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
Damarland Pygmy Toad (Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 160).
Distribution
Kaokoveld-Waterberg area of northern and northwestern Namibia.
Comment
See discussion by Channing and Vences, 1999, S. Afr. J. Zool., 34: 78, and account by Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 160-161.
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