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Sclerophrys channingi (Barej, Schmitz, Menegon, Hillers, Hinkel, Böhme, and Rödel, 2011)
Amietophrynus channingi Barej, Schmitz, Menegon, Hillers, Hinkel, Böhme, and Rödel, 2011, Zootaxa, 2772: 18. Holotype: MTSN 9674, by original designation. Type locality: "Democratic Republic of Congo, West Mwana, Itombwe Massif, 028.13875 E, 03.83781 S, 1302 m a.s.l.".
Sclerophrys channingi — Ohler and Dubois, 2016, PeerJ, 4(e1553): 9.
Common Names
Zaire Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 43 [as Bufo superciliaris]).
Channing's Toad (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 74).
Distribution
Eastern and northeastern Dem. Rep. Congo (provinces of Orientale and Nord Kivu), possibly extending into adjacent Burundi and Uganda but not so far documented outside of Dem. Rep. Congo.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Likely/Controversially Present: Burundi, Uganda
Endemic: Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Comment
In the Amietophrynus superciliaris complex according to the original publication. See comment under Amietophrynus superciliaris. Channing, Rödel, and Channing, 2012, Tadpoles of Africa: 128–129, reported on comparative tadpole morphology. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 74–75, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. Dehling and Sinsch, 2023, Diversity, 15 (512): 65, specifically excluded this species from the fauna of Rwanda.
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