Description of a new cryptic species of African sand frog, Tomopterna damarensis (Anura: Ranidae), from Namibia

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2002
Authors:A. Dawood, Channing A.
Journal:African Journal of Herpetology
Volume:51
Pagination:129-134
Date Published:December 2002
Abstract:

Sand frogs of the African genus Tomopterna Dumeril and Bibron, 1841 comprise seven described cryptic species. In this paper we describe a new species from Khorixas, north west Namibia. It is considered a distinct form based on the advertisement call, morphology and mitochondrial DNA sequences.

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