Poyntonophrynus pachnodes

Poyntonophrynus pachnodes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Bufonidae
Genus: Poyntonophrynus
Species: Poyntonophrynus pachnodes

Name

Poyntonophrynus pachnodes Ceríaco, Marques, Bandeira, Agarwal, Stanley, Bauer, Heinicke & Blackburn, 2018: 117

• Holotype: UF 184184 (field number AMB 10208), ♀, collected by L.M.P. Ceríaco, S. Bandeira and I. Agarwal, on 18 November 2016.
• Type locality: “Serra da Neve (-13.77704 S, 13.25905 E; datum WGS 84; 1488 m a.s.l.)”, Namibe Province, Angola.
• Paratypes (5): UF 184183 (field number AMB 10191), ♂, CAS 262729 (field number AMB 10207), juvenile indet., CAS 262730 (field number AMB 10210), ♀, all with the same collecting data as the holotype; INBAC/AMB 10209, ♂, and MUHNAC/MB04-000999 (field number AMB 10219), ♂, with same locality and collector data as the remaining type series but collected on 19 November 2016.

References

Primary references

• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Marques, M.P., Bandeira, S., Agarwal, I., Stanley, E.L., Bauer, A.M., Heinicke, M.P. & Blackburn, D.C. 2018. A new earless species of Poyntonophrynus (Anura, Bufonidae) from the Serra da Neve Inselberg, Namibe Province, Angola. ZooKeys 780: 109–136. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.780.25859 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Serra da Neve Pygmy Toad
português: Sapo Pigmeu da Serra da Neve