Nectophrynoides frontierei Menegon, Salvidio, and Loader, 2004

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Bufonidae > Genus: Nectophrynoides > Species: Nectophrynoides frontierei

Nectophrynoides frontierei Menegon, Salvidio, and Loader, 2004, Tropical Zool., 17: 105. Holotype: BMNH 2000.231, by original designation. Type locality: "at 920 m . . . . Amani-Sigi Forest, Amani Nature Reserve, East Usambara Mountains, north eastern Tanzania (05° 07′ S, 38° 39′ E)".

English Names

Frontier Forest Toad (Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 109).

Frontier Viviparous Toad (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 104).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Amani-Sigi Forest, Amani Nature Reserve, East Usambara Mountains, northeastern Tanzania, 920 m elevation).

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Tanzania

Endemic: Tanzania

Comment

See Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 109, for account. Harper, Measey, Patrick, Menegon, and Vonesh, 2010, Field Guide Amph. E. Arc Mts. Tanzania and Kenya: 134–135, provided a brief account. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 104–105, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map.

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