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1. Anurans in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania: Comparison between miombo woodland, evergreen forest and teak plantations

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: Roy Hinde --- Society for Environmental Exploration, United Kingdom Graham Corti --- Society for Environmental Exploration, United Kingdom Eibleis Fanning --- Society for Environmental Exploration, United Kingdom RichardK.B. Jenkins --- Society for Environmental Exploration, United Kingdom

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   Age structure in the false tomato frog Dyscophus guineti from eastern Madagascar compared to the closely related D. antongilii (Anura, Microhylidae)

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Giulia Tessa --- Università degli Studi, Italy FabioM. Guarino --- Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy JasminE. Randrianirina --- Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza, Faune, Madagascar Franco Andreone --- Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Zoology, Italy

   The false tomato frog, Dyscophus guineti, is an endemic species of eastern Madagascar, typically found in open and swampy areas of mid-elevation forests. We measured 62 females and 70 males from a population from Marovato, next to Brickaville. Snout-vent length...

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   Call repertoire of Ptychadena uzungwensis (Anura: Ptychadenidae) to complement molecular and morphological identification of the species from the Soutpansberg, South Africa.

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Treading a Delicate Tightrope: A principal balancing between education and political change during turbulent times • Authors: Ferdi De Lange --- , South Africa Edward C Netherlands --- , South Africa Louis H Du Preez --- , South Africa

   The identity of adults and tadpoles of Ptychadena uzungwensis from the Soutpansberg range in northern South Africa was confirmed using a combination of morphological characters and molecular analysis. Detailed vocalisation analysis was made and used to complement existing species identification...

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   A new anuran genus from the fossil sites of Langebaanweg and Cooper’s Cave, South Africa

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Thalassa Matthews --- Iziko Museums of South Africa, South Africa Christine Steininger --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

   Enigmatic frog ilia were recovered from two geographically and temporally disparate fossil sites in South Africa, namely the Early Pliocene (5.1 Ma) fossil site of Langebaanweg (south-western Cape), and Cooper’s Cave D (Northern province), which dates to around 1.38 Ma...

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   Call description and extended range of Phrynobatrachus mayokoensis in Gabon

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Ryan van Huyssteen --- Ecological Services Ltd, British Virgin Islands Melissa Petford --- Ecological Services Ltd, British Virgin Islands Marius Burger --- Ecological Services Ltd, British Virgin Islands Mark-Oliver Rödel --- , Germany Joris Ngoulou --- Ecological Services Ltd, British Virgin Islands Abraham Bamba Kaya --- Ecological Services Ltd, British Virgin Islands Etienne Akomo Okoue --- Ecological Services Ltd, British Virgin Islands Jerome Gaugris --- Ecological Services Ltd, British Virgin Islands

   This study presents the first description of the advertisement call of Phrynobatrachus mayokoensis and reports a new locality record for this species in Gabon. During June 2022, two specimens were found in the Baniaka region, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon. The call...

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