Breviceps acutirostris Poynton, 1963

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Brevicipitidae > Genus: Breviceps > Species: Breviceps acutirostris

Breviceps acutirostris Poynton, 1963, Ann. Natal Mus., 15: 321. Holotype: AMG 5507, by original designation; now PEM A1540 according to Conradie, Branch, and Watson, 2015, Zootaxa, 3936: 50. Type locality: "Swellendam Mountains", southwestern Western Cape Province, Rep. South Africa.

English Names

Strawberry Rain Frog (Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 4; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 88; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 106).

Cape Short-headed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 87).

Distribution

Mountains of the southwestern Cape region, Western Cape Province, Rep. South Africa.

Comment

See account by Harrison, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 170–171, who noted the potential for confusion with Breviceps fuscus. Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 106–107, provided a brief account.  In the Breviceps gibbosus group of Nielsen, Daniels, Conradie, Heinicke, and Noonan, 2018, J. Biogeograph., 45: 2067–2079, who reported on molecular phylogenetics and biogeography. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 116–117, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. 

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