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- Title
A window to Central African forest history: distribution of the Xenopus fraseri subgroup south of the Congo Basin, including a first country record of Xenopus andrei from Angola.
- Authors
ERNST, RAFFAEL; SCHMITZ, ANDREAS; WAGNER, PHILIPP; BRANQUIMA, MAKAYA FUTURO; HÖLTING, MONIQUE
- Abstract
The Xenopus fraseri subgroup contains several morphologically very similar, small- to medium-sized species that mainly occur in Central Africa. Only two species, X. pygmaeus and X. fraseri, have previously been reported from south of the Congo Basin. The latter has frequently been confused with X. andrei, a closely related species reported to be restricted to Cameroon, Gabon, and the Central African Republic. The actual distribution of X. fraseri is therefore in need of a critical revision, and southern Central African records are to be reassessed. Here we report the first confirmed record of Xenopus andrei from the Serra do Pingano, Uíge Province, Angola. The presence of the species in northern Angola sheds light on the palaeoclimatic history of the region and supports a hypothesized link between Central African forest biomes and the disconnected forest fragments of northern Angola.
- Subjects
CONGO River Watershed; AFRICA; FORESTS &; forestry; XENOPUS; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; ANIMAL morphology
- Publication
Salamandra, 2015, Vol 51, Issue 2, p147
- ISSN
0036-3375
- Publication type
Article