Vandijkophrynus robinsoni (Branch and Braack, 1996)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Bufonidae > Genus: Vandijkophrynus > Species: Vandijkophrynus robinsoni

Bufo robinsoni Branch and Braack, 1996 "1995", Madoqua, Windhoek, 19: 15. Holotype: PEM A2492, by original designation. Type locality: "Paradise Gorge (28° 19′ 45″ S, 17° 00′ 15″ E; 2817 AC, alt. 466 m a.s.l.) in the northern foothills of the Vandersterberg, Richtersveld National Park, [Northern] Cape Province, South Africa. The type locality is a series of about eight small, spring-fed freshwater pools (all less than 15 sq. m. in surface area) in a narrow gorge cutting through quartzite."

Vandijkophrynus robinsoni — 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: 366.

Common Names

Paradise Toad (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 95; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 182).

Distribution

Vanderster Mountains in the Richtersveld, Namaqualand, and the lower Gariep River, Rep. South Africa and Namibia.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Namibia, South Africa

Comment

In the Bufo gariepensis complex according to the original publication. Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 95, Branch and Braack, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 80-82, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 182, provided accounts. See also distributional and conservation-related comments by Bauer and Branch, 2001, Herpetol. Nat. Hist., 8: 126. Channing, Rödel, and Channing, 2012, Tadpoles of Africa: 160, reported on comparative tadpole morphology. Du Preez and Carruthers, 2017, Frogs S. Afr., Compl. Guide: 210–211, provided a brief account, including a polygon range map, photograph, identification features, adult and larval morphology, habitat, and call. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 78–79, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map.

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