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Pyxicephalus obbianus Calabresi, 1927
Pyxicephalus obbianus Calabresi, 1927, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano, 66: 15. Syntypes: MZUF (2 specimens); MZUF 302 designated lectotype by Balletto, Cherchi, and Lanza, 1978, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 11: 225. Type locality: "Dolobsciò", central Somalia.
Rana (Pyxicephalus) cimmarutai Scortecci, 1932, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano, 71: 59. Holotype: MSNM 645 according to Conci, 1967, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano, 106: 94; now MSNM Am 2 according to Blackburn and Scali, 2014, Herpetol. Monogr., 28: 34, who discussed the material. Type locality: "Gardo (Migiurtina)", northern Somalia. Synonymy by Balletto, Cherchi, and Lanza, 1978, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 11: 225.
Rana (Pyxicephalus) obbiana — Scortecci, 1933, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano, 72: 16.
Rana obbiana — Cherchi, 1958, Natura, Milano, 49: 105.
Pyxicephalus obbianus — Balletto, Cherchi, and Lanza, 1978, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 11: 221–243; Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 66, by implication.
English Names
Calabresi's African Bullfrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 106).
Obbia Bullfrog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 378).
Distribution
Northeastern and central Somalia.
Comment
See discussion of the validity of this taxon by Balletto, Cherchi, and Lanza, 1978, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 11: 221-243. See also Lanza, 1981, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 15: 166-168, for synonymy and distribution. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 378, provided a brief account and range map.
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