New species of Mongrel Frogs (Pyxicephalidae: Nothophryne) for northern Mozambique inselbergs

Werner Conradie; Gabriela B. Bittencourt-Silva; Harith M. Farooq; Simon P. Loader; Michele Menegon; Krystal A. Tolley

doi:10.1080/21564574.2017.1376714

New species of Mongrel Frogs (Pyxicephalidae: Nothophryne) for northern Mozambique inselbergs

Werner Conradie, Gabriela B. Bittencourt-Silva, Harith M. Farooq, Simon P. Loader, Michele Menegon, Krystal A. Tolley

Centre for Ecological Genomics and Wildlife Conservation

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Abstract

Nothophryne Poynton, 1963 is a monotypic genus of frog, with the nominal species N. broadleyi found only on Mount Mulanje, in southern Malawi. Recent surveys in northern Mozambique, however, have uncovered at least four new species associated with four inselbergs (Mount Inago, Mount Namuli, Mount Ribáuè and Taratibu Hills). Previous phylogenetic analyses using mitochondrial genes suggest that each mountain isolate has an endemic species of Nothophryne. Herein we provide a rediagnosis of the genus and comparative diagnoses of four new species based on new material. ZooBank— urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:19C53BF3-BA52-4CAE-933F-5BBEE0AF0457.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	61-85
Number of pages	25
Journal	African Journal of Herpetology
Volume	67
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/21564574.2017.1376714
Publication status	Published - 2 Jan 2018

Keywords

Africa
Pyxicephalidae
amphibian
inselbergs
species
taxonomy

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Animal Science and Zoology

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New species of Mongrel Frogs (Pyxicephalidae: Nothophryne) for northern Mozambique inselbergs

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