Author: Channing, Alan.
Title: Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Volume 16. Part 5. A New Species of the Genus Strongylopus Tschudi from Namaqualand, Cape Province, South Africa (Anura: Ranidae).
Description: Cape Provincial Museum, Albany Museum, Grahamstown, Natural History. Volume 16. Part 5. 28th February 1986. Stapled wraps, p127-p135. illustrated, 184mm wide x 240mm high. New unread copy. Strongylopus springbokensis sp. nov. is described from Namaqualand. Adults resemble Strongylopus greyii but can be distinguished on the basis of body proportions and the possession of a unique male call. The advertisement call, release call, and male agression calll, are illustrated. Eggs are laid on land where development proceeds to the pretadpole stage without free water. The tadpole is described and the known distribution of this species is presented

Keywords: albany museum grahamstown eastern cape cape provincial museum south southern africa african frogs herpetology namaqualand


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