Poyntonophrynus kavangensis (Poynton and Broadley, 1988)
Bufo kavangensis Poynton and Broadley, 1988, Ann. Natal Mus., 29: 472-475. Holotype: NMZB 19074, by original designation. Type locality: "Khwai River, Botswana".
Poyntonophrynus kavangensis — 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
Kavanga Toad (Lambiris, 1990 "1989", Monogr. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 10: 59).
Khwai River Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 42).
Kavango Toad (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 80; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 168).
Distribution
Grassland areas of northern Namibia and southwestern Angola east through northern Botswana to northwestern Zimbabwe; presumably to be found in adjacent Zambia.
Comment
Most closely resembling Bufo beirus (in the Bufo vertebralis group), according to the original publication. See comment under Poyntonophrynus dombensis. Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 80, Pickersgill, 2007, Frog Search: 549, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 168-169, provided accounts.
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