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Natalobatrachus bonebergi Hewitt and Methuen, 1912
Natalobatrachus bonebergi Hewitt and Methuen, 1912, Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr., 3: 107. Syntypes: (4 specimens) AMG (now PEM) and Marianhill Monastery Mus. Holotype reported to be in the PEM by Lambiris, 1988, Lammergeyer, 39: 108; PEM A1547 formally designated lectotype by Conradie, Branch, and Watson, 2015, Zootaxa, 3936: 64. Type locality: "Mariannhill, Natal [= KwaZulu-Natal]", Rep. South Africa.
Phrynobatrachus bonebergi — Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 335; Loveridge, 1957, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 117: 346.
Phrynobatrachus (Natalobatrachus) bonebergi — Laurent, 1941, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 34: 194.
Natalobatrachus bonebergi — Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 143-144.
Common Names
Boneberg's Frog (Hewitt, 1937, Guide Vert. Fauna E. Cape Province, Rept. Amph. Fishes: 103; Rose, 1950, Rep. Amph. S. Afr.: 112; Rose, 1962, Rep. Amph. S. Afr., Ed. 2: 110; Van Dijk, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 17: 15; Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 6; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 168; Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 299).
Kloof Frog (Wager, 1965, Frogs S. Afr.: 160; Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 6; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 168; Du Preez, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 246; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 388).
Gloomy Kloof Frog (Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 6; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 168).
Natal Frog (Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 6; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 168).
Natal Diving Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 102).
Boneberg's Kloof Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 374).
Distribution
Forested canyons from Dwesa Nature Reserve in the Eastern Cape Province east to southern and central KwaZulu-Natal, Rep. South Africa, below 900 m elevation.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: South Africa
Endemic: South Africa
Comment
See accounts by Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 299-300, Du Preez, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 246-247, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 388-390. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 469. Channing, Rödel, and Channing, 2012, Tadpoles of Africa: 340, provided information on comparative larval morphology. Du Preez and Carruthers, 2017, Frogs S. Afr., Compl. Guide: 430–432, provided an account, including a polygon range map, photograph, identification features, adult and larval morphology, habitat, and call. Phaka, Netherlands, Kruger, and Du Preez, 2017, Bilingual Field Guide Frogs Zululand: 65, provided a photograph, Zululand regional map, and a brief account of life history and identification. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 374–375, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map.
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