Scaphiophryne brevis (Boulenger, 1896)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Scaphiophryninae > Genus: Scaphiophryne > Species: Scaphiophryne brevis

Calophrynus brevis Boulenger, 1896, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 17: 403. Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.7.42 (originally 1892.11.26.30), according to Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991, Faune de Madagascar, 75: 31, and museum records. Type locality: "S.W. Madagascar".

Pseudohemisus verrucosus Angel, 1930, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 2, 2: 70. Syntypes: MNHNP 1929.231–235, according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 47. MNHNP 1929.233, designated lectotype by Scherz, Schmidt, Crottini, Miralles, Rakotoarison, Raselimanana, Köhler, Glaw, and Vences, 2021, Zootaxa, 4938: 410. Type locality: "Lavenambato, region Tulear", Madagascar. Synonymy by Scherz, Schmidt, Crottini, Miralles, Rakotoarison, Raselimanana, Köhler, Glaw, and Vences, 2021, Zootaxa, 4938: 410.

Pseudohemisus brevisNoble and Parker, 1926, Am. Mus. Novit., 232: 19.

Scaphiophryne brevisBlommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991, Faune de Madagascar, 75: 30.

Scaphiophryne (Pseudohemisus) brevisGrosjean, Glos, Teschke, Glaw, and Vences, 2007, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 151: 572.

English Names

Brown Rain Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 114).

Angel's Rain Frog (Pseudohemisus verrucosus [no longer recognized]: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 114)

Distribution

Lowlands of southern and southwestern Madagascar.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Madagascar

Endemic: Madagascar

Comment

Removed from synonymy of Scaphiophryne calcarata by Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991, Faune de Madagascar, 75: 30, where it had been placed by Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 107. See brief account by Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 110. D'Cruze, Olsonn, Henson, Kumar, and Emmett, 2009, Herpetol. Conserv. Biol., 4: 62–70, reported the species from the Onilahy River Valley, Madagascar. Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 110, and Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991, Faune de Madagascar, 75: 34, considered the status of Pseudohemisus verrucosus to be questionable. However, Scherz, Schmidt, Crottini, Miralles, Rakotoarison, Raselimanana, Köhler, Glaw, and Vences, 2021, Zootaxa, 4938: 392–420, provided a description of the advertisement call as part of revisionary work of the entire genus. 

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