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Breviceps passmorei Minter, Netherlands, and Du Preez, 2017
Breviceps passmorei Minter, Netherlands, and Du Preez, 2017, Zootaxa, 4300: 208. Holotype: SAIAB 204596, by original designation. Type locality: "Lulwane 1, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. . . . S -27.04319°, E 32.28836°, elevation 64 m". Zoobank publication registration: 9FEDD063-A972-49A2-8305-BDABD53C11F8
Common Names
Passmore's Rain Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 120).
Ndumo Rain Frog (Phaka, Netherlands, Kruger, and Du Preez, 2017, Bilingual Field Guide Frogs Zululand: 25).
Distribution
The area West of Tembe Elephant Reserve, in the vicinity of the Phongolo River, KwaZulu-Natal, near borders of Swaziland and Mozambique, and into southeastern Limpopo Province, northeastern Rep. South Afric.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: South Africa
Endemic: South Africa
Comment
Advertisement call, external morphology, molecular markers, and natural history detailed in the original publication. In the Breviceps mossambicus group of Nielsen, Daniels, Conradie, Heinicke, and Noonan, 2018, J. Biogeograph., 45: 2067–2079, who reported on molecular phylogenetics and biogeography. Phaka, Netherlands, Kruger, and Du Preez, 2017, Bilingual Field Guide Frogs Zululand: 25, 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.: 120–121, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. Heinicke, Beidoun, Nielsen, and Bauer, 2021, Herpetol. Notes, 14: 397–406, documented via molecular analysis the range to extend into Limpopo Province, Rep. South Africa.
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