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Breviceps fuscus Hewitt 1925

Description

Breviceps fuscus Hewitt 1925a

Annals of the Natal Museum, 5(2): 191–192; Pl. X, Fig. 5.

Lectotype: PEM A4826 (original AMG number unknown, re-accessioned as AMA 522); Knysna, Western Cape Province, South Africa; J.H. Rex, date unknown.

Paralectotype: PEM A4827 (original AMG number unknown, re-accessioned as AMA 521); same details as lectotype.

Remarks. The type description notes the types comprise of two adult specimens [= syntypes]. No specific reference is made in the text to a specific specimen, but one is illustrated in the plates. Two specimens are present in the PEM with the same details provided in the type description. One specimen has a very old label tied to the right leg that reads “Knysna H. Rex”. The other specimen lacks an original label, but constriction marks indicate that an old label (now lost) was tied around the right leg. This specimen conforms best to the illustration, but due to the better condition of the previous specimen we designate it (PEM A4826) as the lectotype. It is intact and in good condition, whilst the paralectotype has mid- and transverse ventral incisions.

Notes

Published as part of Conradie, Werner, Branch, William R. & Watson, Gillian, 2015, Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 1: Amphibians in Zootaxa 3936 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/237278

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Hewitt
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Anura
Family
Brevicipitidae
Genus
Breviceps
Species
fuscus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Breviceps fuscus Hewitt, 1925 sec. Conradie, Branch & Watson, 2015

References

  • Hewitt, J. (1925 a) Descriptions of three toads belonging to the genus Breviceps Merren. Annals of the Natal Museum, 5, 189 - 194.