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Breviceps gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rana gibbosa Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, 1: 211. Type(s): Not stated; holotype in NHRM according to Andersson, 1900, Bih. K. Svenska Vetensk. Akad. Handl., 26: 20. (See Andersson, 1900, Bih. K. Svenska Vetensk. Akad. Handl., 26 for image of NHRM type.) Laurenti, 1768, Spec. Med. Exhib. Synops. Rept.: 27, notes specimens in the "Museo regio Suecico", "Academico Upsaliensi", and "[Museum] Gronoviano", so some or all of these specimens might have been available to Linnaeus. Type locality: "Exteris regionibus"; rendered as "Africa" by Merrem, 1820, Tent. Syst. Amph.: 178.
Bufo gibbosus — Laurenti, 1768, Spec. Med. Exhib. Synops. Rept.: 27.
Buffo gibbosus — Lacépède, 1788, Hist. Nat. Quadrup. Ovip. Serpens, Quarto ed., 1: Table following page 618 and referencing account on page 599.
Breviceps gibbosus — Merrem, 1820, Tent. Syst. Amph.: 178. Schinz, 1822, Thierr. Naturgesch., 2: 169; Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 53; Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 176.
Bombinator gibbosus — Schlegel, 1826, Bull. Sci. Nat. Geol., Paris, Ser. 2, 9: 239.
Engystoma gibbosa — Fitzinger, 1826, Neue Class. Rept.: 65.
Engystoma dorsatum Cuvier, 1829, Regne Animal., Ed. 2, 2: 112. Substitute name for Rana gibbosa Linnaeus, 1758. Synonymy by Duméril and Bibron, 1841, Erp. Gen., 6: 755.
Bufo (Breviceps) dorsatus — Cuvier, 1829, Regne Animal., Ed. 2, 2: 111, by implication.
Bufo (Breviceps) gibbosus — Cuvier, 1829, Regne Animal., Ed. 2, 2: 111, by implication.
Systoma gibbosum — Wagler, 1830, Nat. Syst. Amph.: 205. Parker, 1868, Monogr. Struct. Devel. Shoulder-girdle Stern. Vert.: 69.
English Names
Short-headed Frog (Shaw, 1802, Gen. Zool., 3(1): 170).
Headless Frog (Rana acephala [no longer recognized]: Shaw, 1802, Gen. Zool., 3(1): 170).
Hunched Toad (Lacépède, 1802, Nat. Hist. Ovip. Quadruped. (Kerr transl.): 310).
Cape Short-head (Cochran, 1961, Living Amph. World: 137; Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 4).
South African Rain Frog (Cochran, 1961, Living Amph. World: 174).
Rain Frog (Rose, 1962, Rep. Amph. S. Afr., Ed. 2: 86).
Verruculose Rainfrog (Van Dijk, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 17: 15).
Verruculose Short-headed Frog (Van Dijk, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 17: 15).
Linnaeus' Short-headed Frog (Van Dijk, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 17: 15).
Linnaeus' Rainfrog (Van Dijk, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 17: 15).
Cape Rain Frog (Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 4; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 88; De Villiers, 1988, in Branch (ed.), South Afr. Red Data Book, Amph. Rept.: 46; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 114).
Blaasop (Rose, 1962, Rep. Amph. S. Afr., Ed. 2: 86; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 88).
Jan Blom (Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 88).
Cape Short-head (Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 88).
South African Short-headed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 87).
Giant Rain Frog (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 216).
Distribution
Sandy areas of the Cape Peninsula from Piketberg to the Stellenbosch area, with a population in Newlands (Cape Town), Western Cape Province, Rep. South Africa.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: South Africa
Endemic: South Africa
Comment
See accounts by De Villiers, 1988, in Branch (ed.), South Afr. Red Data Book, Amph. Rept.: 46-47, Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 216–217, Harrison and Minter, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 177–180, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 114–115. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 446. 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.
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