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Issue: Vol. 1237 No. 1: 19 Jun. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-06-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1237.1.4
Page range: 45–60
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of Probreviceps (Amphibia: Anura) from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania

Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom. Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Division of Molecular Genetics, University of Glasgow, Pontecorvo Building, 56 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, G11 6NU, United Kingdom
Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Department, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa
Section of Vertebrate Zoology, Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, Via Calepina 14, I-38100, Italy
Wildlife Conservation Society, PO Box 1475 Mbeya, Tanzania
Amphibia Tanzania amphibians brevicipitines Probreviceps new species Ukaguru Mountains Eastern Arc Mountains

Abstract

A new species of Probreviceps is described from the Ukaguru Mountains in Tanzania, and is distinguished morphologically by its pointed and ridged snout. The species also differs from other members of the genus in its call and mitochondrial DNA. An updated phylogeny of all known Tanzanian Probreviceps species and subspecies is presented, based on 12S and 16S rRNA mitochondrial sequences. An updated key of the species of Probreviceps is also given.

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