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

Published in: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa
Volume 51 , issue 2 , 2002 , pages: 129–134

DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2002.9635468

Author(s): Abeda Dawood , , University of Pretoria, South Africa , Alan Channing , , University of the Western Cape, South Africa

Keywords: Tomopterna , southern Africa , new species , advertisement calls , mtDNA

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Abstract

Sand frogs of the African genus Tomopterna Duméril 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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