Phrynobatrachus pallidus Pickersgill, 2007

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Phrynobatrachidae > Genus: Phrynobatrachus > Species: Phrynobatrachus pallidus

Phrynobatrachus pallidus Pickersgill, 2007, Frog Search: 265. Holotype: LIVM 1998.46.36, by original designation. Type locality: "Tanga, Tanzania".

English Names

Pale Puddle Frog (Zimkus, 2011, Herpetol. Rev., 42: 386).

Distribution

Tanzanian coast between Dar es Salaam and Tanga, and north into coastal southern Kenya.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Kenya, Tanzania

Comment

In species group B of Zimkus, Rödel, and Hillers, 2010, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 55: 883-900. Zimkus, 2011, Herpetol. Rev., 42: 386, provided a record from the Coast Province of Kenya and discussed the range. Spawls, Wasonga, and Drewes, 2019, Amph. Kenya: 47, provided a photograph, range map, and brief characterization. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 296–297, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map.

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