@book {2048, title = {Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th Edition}, volume = {Volume 1}, year = {1758}, publisher = {L. Salvii}, organization = {L. Salvii}, address = {Stockholm, Sweden}, author = {Linneus, C.} } @article {774, title = {Diagnose neuer Batrachier, welche zusammen mit der frueher (24. Juli und 17. August) gegebenen Uebersicht der Schlangen und Eidechsen mitgetheilt werden}, journal = {Ber. Bekanntmach. geeignet. Verh. Koenigl.- Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin}, volume = {November}, year = {1854}, pages = {614-628}, author = {Peters, W} } @article {1246, title = {Anura II. Engystomatidae}, journal = {Das Tierreich}, volume = {49}, year = {1926}, pages = {1-110}, author = {Nieden, F.} } @article {1009, title = {Verziechnis der bei Amani in Deutschostafrika vorkommenden Reptilien und Amphibien}, journal = {Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin}, volume = {1910}, year = {1911}, pages = {441-452}, author = {Nieden, F.} } @article {555, title = {Description of a new Engystomatid Frog of the Genus Breviceps from Namaqaaland}, journal = {The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology}, volume = {7th ser. v. 20}, year = {1907}, chapter = {46-47}, author = {Boulenger, G.A.} } @book {1029, title = {A Monograph of the Frogs of the Family Microhylidae}, year = {1934}, publisher = {Trustees of the British Museum}, organization = {Trustees of the British Museum}, address = {London}, author = {Parker, H.W.} } @article {598, title = {New reptiles and amphibians from Tanganika Territory and Kenya colony}, journal = {Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology}, volume = {LXXII}, year = {1932}, pages = {373-387}, author = {Loveridge, Arthur} } @article {820, title = {A comparative study of the herpetological faunae of the Uluguru and Usambara Mountains, Tanganyika Territory with descriptions of new species}, journal = {Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology}, volume = {L}, year = {1928}, pages = {85-265}, author = {Barbour, Thomas and Loveridge, A.} } @article {723, title = {An account of the reptiles and amphibians collected on an expedition to the Cape Province, October to December, 1940}, journal = {Annals of the Transvaal Museum}, volume = {20}, year = {1946}, pages = {351-377}, author = {Fitzsimons, V} } @book {393, title = {The Frogs of South Africa}, year = {1965}, pages = {242 pp}, publisher = {Purnell \& Sons}, organization = {Purnell \& Sons}, address = {Cape Town}, author = {Wagner, V.A.} } @article {313, title = {The amphibia of Southern Africa: a faunal study}, journal = {Annals of the Natal Museum}, volume = {17}, year = {1964}, pages = {1-334}, keywords = {Petropedetidae, Phrynobatrachus}, author = {Poynton, J.C.} } @book {1454, title = {The Frogs of South Africa}, year = {1965}, publisher = {Purnell \& Sons}, organization = {Purnell \& Sons}, address = {Cape Town}, author = {Wager, V.A.} } @article {1544, title = {Notes on the biology of Breviceps. (Anura: Microhylidae)}, journal = {Zoologica Africana}, year = {1976}, pages = {313-318}, author = {Poynton, J.C. and Pritchard, S.} } @article {1437, title = {South African RedData Book- Reptiles and Amphibians}, year = {1978}, publisher = {CSIR}, address = {Pretoria}, issn = {Report 23}, author = {McLachlan, G.R.} } @article {1557, title = {Wonderw{\^e}reld van die paddas 13. Kaapse en Natalse Kriekpadda, Hogsback-padda en Kloofpadda.}, journal = {Landbouweekblad 4 Mei}, year = {1979}, pages = {48-49}, author = {Visser, John} } @article {1520, title = {Breviceps gibbosus: Species account. Pp. ed. South African Red Data Book {\textendash} Reptiles and Amphibians.}, year = {1988}, publisher = {CSIR}, address = {Pretoria}, issn = {Report 151}, author = {De Villiers, A.L.} } @book {1413, title = {South African RedData Book- Reptiles and Amphibians}, year = {1988}, address = {Pretoria}, author = {Branch, W.R.} } @article {316, title = {Amphibia Zambesiaca 2: Ranidae}, journal = {Ann. Natal Mus.}, volume = {27}, year = {1985}, pages = {115-181}, author = {Poynton, J.C. and Broadley, D. G.} } @mastersthesis {1368, title = {A Herpetological Survey of the Transvaal}, volume = {Ph.D.}, year = {1989}, month = {Unpublished}, school = {University of Natal}, type = {masters}, address = {Durban}, author = {Jacobsen, N.H.G.} } @article {1030, title = {A new genus and species of brevicipitine frog (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae) from high altitude in the mountains of Ethiopia}, journal = {Tropical Zoology}, volume = {2}, year = {1989}, pages = {13-30}, author = {Largen, M.J. and Drewes, R. C.} } @article {830, title = {Amphibians of southeastern Tanzania, with special reference to Stephopaedes and Mertensophryne (Bufonidae)}, journal = {Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology}, volume = {152}, year = {1991}, pages = {451-473}, author = {Poynton, J.C.} } @book {1367, title = {Vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland}, year = {1996}, publisher = {Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism}, organization = {Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism}, address = {Pretoria}, author = {Low, A.B. and Rebelo, A.G.} } @article {1369, title = {The advertisement call and other aspects of the reproductive biology of Breviceps adspersus Peters (Anura, Microhylidae)}, journal = {Madoqua}, volume = {19}, year = {1995}, pages = {37-44}, author = {L.R. Minter} } @article {1504, title = {Distribution and diversity of amphibians in the Free State, South Africa}, journal = {Madoqua}, volume = {19}, year = {1995}, pages = {3-14}, author = {Bates, M.F.} } @book {300, title = {South African Frogs: A Complete Guide}, year = {1995}, publisher = {Southern Book Publishers and Witwatersrand University Press}, organization = {Southern Book Publishers and Witwatersrand University Press}, address = {Cape Town, South Africa}, keywords = {Petropedetidae, Phrynobatrachus}, author = {Passmore, N. I. and V.C. Carruthers} } @book {1310, title = {South African Frogs: A Complete Guide}, year = {1995}, publisher = {Southern Book Publishers and University of the Witwatersrand Press}, organization = {Southern Book Publishers and University of the Witwatersrand Press}, edition = {2nd}, address = {Johannesburg}, author = {Passmore, N. I. and V.C. Carruthers} } @mastersthesis {1536, title = {Aspects of the Reproductive Biology of Breviceps}, year = {1998}, month = {Unpublished}, school = {University of the Witwatersrand,}, type = {mastersPhD}, address = {Johannesburg}, author = {L.R. Minter} } @mastersthesis {1370, title = {Aspects of the Reproductive Biology of Breviceps}, volume = {Ph.D.}, year = {1998}, month = {Unplubished}, school = {University of the Witwatersrand}, type = {masters}, address = {Johannesburg}, author = {L.R. Minter} } @article {1535, title = {Advertisement call structure and morphology of Breviceps mossambicus Peters and B. poweri Parker (Anura, Microhylidae) from northern Mozambique.}, journal = {Annals of the Natal Museum}, year = {1997}, pages = {5-19}, author = {L.R. Minter} } @mastersthesis {1510, title = {Wildlife of Robben Island. Bright Continent Guide 1.}, year = {2000}, school = {University of Cape Town}, type = {masters}, address = {Rondebosch} } @book {279, title = {Tadpoles: The biology of anuran larvae}, series = {McDiarmid, Roy W}, volume = {[Author], Altig, Ronald [Author]}, year = {1999}, month = {Tadpoles: The bi}, pages = {Series Information Tadpoles The biology of anuran larvae}, abstract = {This text on tadpole biology has 12 chapters written by leading experts on the subject. Chapters cover the morphology, development, behavior, ecology, environmental physiology, evolution, and biodiversity of the organisms. Author, subject, and taxonomic indexes; a glossary of terms used in the text; and a bibliography with more than 2500 citations accompany the work. Herpetologists, developmental biologists, comparative vertebrate anatomists, and ecologists will find this volume useful.}, author = {McDiarmid, Roy W. and Altig, Ronald} } @article {413, title = {Catalogue of the amphibians of Ethiopia, including a key for their identification}, journal = {Tropical Zoology (Florence)}, volume = {14}, number = {2}, year = {2001}, month = {December, 2001}, pages = {307-402}, abstract = {

This review recognises 63 amphibians species in Ethiopia, a total that is sure to increase as many still remote regions come to be more adequately surveyed. It incorporates the following taxonomic changes: Bufo chappuisi Roux 1936 is considered a synonym of B. lughensis Loveridge 1932, Ptychadena largeni Perret 1994 a synonym of P. neumanni (Ahl 1924) and Rana schubotzi Sternfeld 1917 a synonym of Ptychadena tellinii (Peracca 1904). The ecological profile and zoogeographical affinities of every species is analysed and its recorded distribution within Ethiopia is mapped. More than half of these taxa are savanna forms, found in lowland areas around the margins of the central plateau and often widespread in other parts of Africa. In contrast, 25 species (40\% of the total) are at present considered endemic; seven of the eight families include endemic representatives, amongst which are six endemic genera: Sylvacaecilia Wake 1987, Altiphrynoides Dubois 1987, Spinophrynoides Dubois 1987. Ericabatrachus Largen 1991, Balebreviceps Largen and Drewers 1989 and Paracassina Peracca 1907. Three species appear to be confined to lowland forrest in southwestern Ethiopia, but the majority of endemics are most clearly associated with montane forest, grassland or moorland in the altitudinal range 1800-4000 m. Widespread environmental degradation by an ever-increasing human population is a severe problem in Ethiopia and the threat to montane and forest endemics, both known and yet to be discovered, gives particular cause for concern. National Parks, established to conserve selected environments for the benefit of entire communities, provide the best prospects for the protection of amphibian species in the immediate future. The Bale Mountains National Park alone provides a refuge for at least 17 amphibian taxa, including 48\% of the endemic species and five of the six endemic genera.

}, url = {://PREV200200492610}, author = {Largen, Malcolm J.} } @book {119, title = {Amphibians of Central and Southern Africa}, series = {Comstock books in herpetology}, year = {2001}, note = {TY - BOOKIncludes bibliographical references (p. [427]-455) and indexes. HOLLIS no. - 008841076}, month = {2001.}, pages = {x, 470 p., [24] p. of plates}, publisher = {Comstock Pub. Associates}, organization = {Comstock Pub. Associates}, address = {Ithaca, N.Y.}, keywords = {Amphibians Africa, Southern.}, isbn = {0801438659 (cloth)}, url = {http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu//?itemid=\%7clibrary\%2fm\%2faleph\%7c008841076 CN - Museum Comp Zoology | QL662.A356 C43 2001, QL662.A356 C43 2001}, author = {Channing, A.} } @book {1312, title = {Amphibians of Central and Southern Africa}, year = {2001}, publisher = {Cornell University Press}, organization = {Cornell University Press}, address = {Ithaca, NY}, author = {Channing, A.} } @book {2493, title = {Amphibians of Central and Southern Africa}, year = {2001}, publisher = {Comstock Pub. Associates}, organization = {Comstock Pub. Associates}, author = {Channing, A.} } @article {1248, title = {Catalogue of the amphibians of Ethiopia, including a key for their identification}, journal = {Tropical Zoology}, volume = {14}, year = {2001}, pages = {307-402}, author = {Largen, M.J.} } @article {1342, title = {Conservation Assessment and Management Plan for Southern African Frogs: Final Report.}, year = {2001}, publisher = {IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group}, address = {Apple Valley, MN}, author = {J.A. Harrison and Burger, M. and L.R. Minter and de Villiers, Atherton L. and Baard, E. H. W. and Scott, Elizabeth and Bishop, P. J. and Ellis, S.} } @article {1377, title = {Two new cryptic species of Breviceps (Anura: Microhylidae) from southern Africa.}, journal = {African Journal of Herpetology}, volume = {52}, year = {2003}, pages = {9-21}, author = {L.R. Minter} } @article {1537, title = {Two new cryptic species of Breviceps (Anura:Microhylidae) from southern Africa.}, journal = {African Journal of Herpetology}, year = {2003}, pages = {9-21}, author = {L.R. Minter} } @article {1245, title = {Probreviceps loveridgei, Probreviceps uluguruensis and Probreviceps macrodactylus (Loveridge{\textquoteright}s forest frog, Uluguru forest frog, long-fingered forest frog) advertisement calls}, journal = {Herpetological Review}, volume = {35}, year = {2004}, pages = {261-262}, author = {Mkonyi, F.J. and Ngalason, W. and Msuya, C.A. and Howell, K. M. and Channing, A.} } @article {149, title = {A new species of Callulina (Anura: Microhylidae) from the West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania}, journal = {Journal of Herpetology}, volume = {38}, number = {2}, year = {2004}, month = {June 2004}, pages = {219-224}, abstract = {

The description of the species Callulina kreffti was based on specimens collected in the East Usambara Mountains of Tanzania. Successive collecting has shown this species to be widely distributed through the Eastern Arc Mountains. Advertisement calls from populations in the type locality of Callulina kreffti were compared with calls from populations in the West Usambara Mountains. Analysis of the calls suggested that these two populations of Callulina represent two separate taxa. Subsequent morphological and molecular investigations indicated that these two populations are distinct. Herein, we describe a new Callulina species on the basis of call, morphology and molecular sequences.

}, author = {De Sa, Rafael O. and Loader, Simon P. and Channing, Alan} } @article {260, title = {Phylogenetic relationships of African microhylid frogs inferred from DNA sequences of mitochondrial 12S and 16S rRNA genes}, journal = {Organisms Diversity \& Evolution}, volume = {4}, number = {4}, year = {2004}, month = {2004}, pages = {227-235}, abstract = {

The phylogenetic relationships of microhylid frogs are poorly understood. The first molecular phylogeny for continental African microhylids is presented, including representatives of all subfamilies, six of the eight genera, and the enigmatic hemisotid Hemisus. Mitochondrial 12S and 16S rRNA sequence data were analysed using parsimony, likelihood and Bayesian methods. Analyses of the data are consistent with the monophyly of all sampled subfamilies and genera. Hemisus does not nest within either brevicipitines or non-brevicipitines. It is possibly the sister group to brevicipitines, in which case brevicipitines might not be microhylids. Phrynomantis and Hoplophryne potentially group with non-African, non-brevicipitine microhylids, in agreement with recent morphological and molecular data. Within brevicipitines, Breviceps is recovered as the sister group to a clade of Callulina + Spelaeophryne + Probreviceps. The relationships among the genera within this latter clade are unclear, being sensitive to the method of analysis. Optimal trees suggest the Probreviceps macrodactylus subspecies complex might be paraphyletic with respect to P. uluguruensis, corroborating preliminary morphological studies indicating that P. m. rungwensis may be a distinct species. P. m. loveridgei may be paraphyletic with respect to P. m. macrodactylus, though this is not strongly supported. Some biogeographic hypotheses are examined in light of these findings. Copyright 2004 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.

}, url = {://PREV200500144666}, author = {Loader, S.P. and Gower, D.J. and Howell, K. M. and Doggart, N. and R{\"o}del, Mark-Oliver and Clarke, B. T. and De Sa, R. O. and Cohen, B.L. and Wilkinson, M.} } @book {1280, title = {Atlas and Red Data Book of the Frogs of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland}, series = {SI/MAB Series}, volume = {9}, year = {2004}, publisher = {Smithsonian Institution}, organization = {Smithsonian Institution}, address = {Washington, D.C.}, editor = {Minter, L. and Burger, M. and Harrison, J. and H.H. Braack and Bishop, P. J. and D. Kloepfer} } @article {1459, title = {Breviceps macrops}, journal = {In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4}, number = {Downloaded on 09 November 2010}, year = {2004}, author = {Minter, L. and Channing, A. and Harrison, J.} } @article {899, title = {Callulina kreffti}, journal = {In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. }, number = {Downloaded on 16 June 2010.}, year = {2004}, author = {Howell, K. M. and Poynton, J.C. and Loader, S. and Menegon, M.} } @article {982, title = {Callulina kisiwamsitu}, journal = {In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. }, number = {Downloaded on 25 June 2010}, year = {2006}, author = {Channing, A. and Howell, K. and Loader, S.} } @article {1027, title = {A new species of Probreviceps (Amphibia: Anura) from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1237}, year = {2006}, pages = {45-60}, author = {Loader, S.P. and Channing, A. and Menegon, M. and Davenport, T.R.} } @article {639, title = {A new brevicipitid species (Anura: Brevicipitidae: Callulina) from the fragmented forests of the Taita Hills, Kenya}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2123}, year = {2009}, pages = {55-68}, author = {Loader, S.P. and Measey, G.J. and De Sa, R. O. and Malonza, P.K.} } @book {706, title = {Field Guide to Amphibians of the Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests of Tanzania and Kenya}, year = {2010}, pages = {320}, publisher = {Camerapix Publishers International}, organization = {Camerapix Publishers International}, address = {Nairobi, Kenya}, author = {Harper, E.B. and Measey, G.J. and Patrick, D.A. and Menegon, M. and Vonesh, J.R.} } @article {1456, title = {Three new species of Callulina (Amphibia: Anura: Brevicipitidae) highlight local endemism and conservation plight of Africa{\textquoteright}s Eastern Arc forests}, journal = {Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society}, volume = {160}, year = {2010}, pages = {496-514}, author = {Loader, S.P. and Gower, D.J. and Ngalason, W. and Menegon, M.} }