Capensibufo selenophos Channing, Measey, De Villiers, Turner, and Tolley, 2017

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Bufonidae > Genus: Capensibufo > Species: Capensibufo selenophos

Capensibufo selenophos Channing, Measey, De Villiers, Turner, and Tolley, 2017, Zootaxa, 4232: 287. Holotype: NMB A8115, by original designation. Type locality: "Maanskynkop in the Kleinrivier Mountains (34.372889° S, 19.326712° E)". Western Cape Province, Rep. South Africa. Zoobank publication registration: 5297005A-DF45-43E9-945A-135722DE72EF

Common Names

Moonlight Mountain Toadlet (original publication). 

Distribution

Akkedis Mountain and Maanskyn Nature Reserve, on the Kleinriviers Mountains, and the lower slopes of the Koeël Mountain near Rockview Dam, Western Cape Province of Rep. South Africa.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: South Africa

Endemic: South Africa

Comment

See comment under Capensibufo rosei. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 84–85, provided a brief account and range map.

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