2009年12月10日 星期四

非洲胎生蟾之同模式標本於柏林自然史博物館中重新尋得並重新描述

文獻來源: Loader SP, Poynton JC, Davenport TRB, Roedel M-O. 2009. Re-description of the type species of Nectophyrunoides viviparus (Bufonidae), with a taxonomic reassessment. Zootaxa 2304: 41-50.

Abstract
The type series of Nectophrynoides viviparus (Tornier, 1905) from the southern Tanzanian highlands has been rediscovered in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. A re-description is given and a lectotype designated. Available topotypic material is included in our assessment of morphological variation in this population. With clarification of the species’ identity, nomenclatural confusions can be addressed. We reject the designation of an earlier neotype, and also of records attributed to the species north and east of the Southern Highlands.

圖片來源: 由瑞士University of Basel之Dr. Simon Loader與坦尚尼亞自然保育學會Dr. Tim Davenport所提供.