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Issue: Vol. 4232 No. 2: 16 Feb. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-02-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.2.11
Page range: 282–292
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Taxonomy of the Capensibufo rosei group (Anura: Bufonidae) from South Africa

Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa
Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
CapeNature, Private Bag X5014, Stellenbosch, 7599, South Africa
CapeNature, Private Bag X5014, Stellenbosch, 7599, South Africa
Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, Private Bag X7, Claremont 7735, South Africa
Amphibia Capensibufo rosei new species South Africa

Abstract

A molecular and morphological study of the Mountain Toadlets, previously included in Capensibufo rosei, showed that there are several previously unrecognised species in this group. We describe three new species from the Hawekwas, Hottentots-Holland, Groenland and Riviersonderend Mountains; the DuToitskloof Mountains, and the Akkedis, Koeël and Kleinriviers Mountains, South Africa. Capensibufo rosei is restricted to the Table Mountain chain of the Cape Peninsula.

 

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