Breviceps montanus Power, 1926

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

Breviceps montanus Power, 1926, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., 20: 466. Syntypes: AMG (1 specimen) (now PEM A4725 according Conradie, Branch, and Watson, 2015, Zootaxa, 3936: 52) and SAM (2 specimens), by original designation. Type locality: "Table Mountain", Cape Peninsula, Western Cape Province, Rep. South Africa.

English Names

Mountain Blaasop (Rose, 1950, Rep. Amph. S. Afr.: 94; Rose, 1962, Rep. Amph. S. Afr., Ed. 2: 90; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 94).

Cape Mountain Rain Frog (Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 100; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 118).

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

Mountain Rain Frog (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 219).

Distribution

Western Cape Fold Mountains and Table Mountain of Western Cape Province, Rep. South Africa.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: South Africa

Endemic: South Africa

Comment

See accounts by Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 219–220, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 118–119. 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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