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Mertensophryne schmidti Grandison, 1972
Mertensophryne schmidti Grandison, 1972, Zool. Meded., Leiden, 47: 44. Holotype: BMNH 1968.642, by original designation. Type locality: "Republic of the Congo [= Dem. Rep. Congo]: —Kateke affluent of the Muovwe, right subaffluent of the Lufira, 960 m, Upemba National Park".
Bufo schmidti — Poynton, 1991, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 152: 459.
Mertensophryne schmidti — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 365.
English Names
Schmidts Snouted Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 44).
Schmid't Forest Toad (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 88).
Distribution
Upemba National Park, Dem. Rep. Congo.
Comment
Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 88–89, provided a brief account and range map.
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