Poyntonophrynus fenoulheti (Hewitt and Methuen, 1912)
Bufo fenoulheti Hewitt and Methuen, 1912, Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr., 3: 108. Syntypes: TMP 10877-78 (formerly 508-09) (Woodbush), AMG 1520 (now in PEM) (Newington); Poynton and Broadley, 1988, Ann. Natal Mus., 29: 466, reported the that holotype (lectotype designation by implication) of this species is in the PEM, although this specimen is not listed in the original list of syntypes. Type localities: "Newington, N.E. Transvaal" and "the Woodbush", Zoutpansberg District, Limpopo Province, Rep. South Africa.
Bufo fenoulheti obtusum Hewitt, 1925, Rec. Albany Mus., 3: 363. Syntypes: TMP, by original designation. Type locality: "Bleskop, Rustenburg district", Limpopo Province, Rep. South Africa.
Bufo vertebralis albiventris Power, 1927, Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr., 14: 418. Syntypes: MMK (originally 8 specimens) and MCZ 15402 (on exchange from MMK according to Barbour and Loveridge, 1946, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 96: 85). Type locality: "Lobatsi", Botswana. Synonymy by Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 63.
Bufo fenoulheti rhodesianus Hewitt, 1932, Ann. Natal Mus., 7: 110. Syntypes: PEM (2 specimens), by original designation. Type locality: "on the far Driefontein, near Gwelo", Zimbabwe. Distinctiveness from Bufo fenoulheti fenoulheti rejected by Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 63.
Bufo vertebralis grindleyi Poynton, 1963, Ann. Natal Mus., 15: 320. Types: NMZB (formerly UM) 5369, by original designation. Type locality: "floor of the Bundi Valley, Chimanimani Mountains (at 5,300 ft., 1,560 m.), Southern Rhodesia [= Zimbabwe]". Synonymy by Poynton and Broadley, 1988, Ann. Natal Mus., 29: 471-472.
Bufo vertebralis fenoulheti — Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 63.
Bufo dombensis fenoulheti — Mertens, 1971, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 529: 12.
Bufo fenoulheti fenoulheti — Poynton and Broadley, 1988, Ann. Natal Mus., 29: 466.
Bufo fenoulheti grindleyi — Poynton and Broadley, 1988, Ann. Natal Mus., 29: 471-472.
Poyntonophrynus fenoulheti — 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
Transvaal Dwarf Toad (Pienaar, 1963, Koedoe, 6: 79).
Transvaal Pigmy Toad (Wager, 1965, Frogs S. Afr.: 116).
Newington Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 41).
Fenoulhet's Toad (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 66).
Fenoulheti's Pygmy Toad (Bufo fenoulheti fenoulheti: Lambiris, 1990 "1989", Monogr. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 10: 61).
Grindley's Pygmy Toad (Bufo fenoulheti grindleyi: Lambiris, 1990 "1989", Monogr. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 10: 62).
Northern Pygmy Toad (Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 164).
Distribution
Northeastern South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, western and southern Mozambique, and eastern Botswana into the Caprivi Strip of Namibia (and presumably into adjacent Botswana, Angola, and Zambia) in open bush and grassland and on granite inselbergs.
Comment
Considered by Tandy and Keith, 1972, in Blair (ed.), Evol. Genus Bufo: 159, to be a member of the Bufo vertebralis complex, and (following Mertens, 1971, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 529: 11-12) a junior synonym of Bufo dombensis. See Poynton and Broadley, 1988, Ann. Natal Mus., 29: 466-472, for discussion of taxonomic history, geographic variation and subspecies. See also Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 66-67, Bates, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 61-62, Pickersgill, 2007, Frog Search: 550-551, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 164-165, for accounts.
External Links
Please note: these links will take you to external websites not affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History. We are not responsible for their content.
- For additional sources of information from other sites search Google
- For images search Arkive, CalPhoto Images and Google Images
- To search the NIH genetic sequence database, see GenBank
- For information aggregation from other sites and some original accounts see AmphibiaWeb report
- For further information on conservation status and distribution see the IUCN Redlist
- For related information on conservation and images as well as observation see iNaturalist;
- for a quick link to their maps see iNaturalist KML
