Hymenochirus feae (Boulenger, 1906)

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Material. ANGOLA – Cabinda Province • Mayombe NP, Chilito, Mbundo; –4.7196, 12.5110; 336 m a.s.l.; P3.544; GenBank: PQ455731 .

Identification. A medium-sized (SVL = 42–46 mm) flat aquatic frog with characteristic fingers and toes characteristically fully webbed to the tips (Boulenger 1906). Large heads, dark brown to black dorsal coloration, different wart sizes along the body,and two distinctive black claws on the feet. The specimen reported here represents the first genetic sample of the species,which differs by 3.4–3.6% from H. boettgeri from Mbemba and Simombondo, Republic of the Congo (GenBank: OR360735 and KY080144, respectively).

Biology and distribution. Previously only known from Gabon. However, Nagy et al. (2013) reported Hymenochirus sp. aff. feae from Luki, Bas-Congo, DRC, which may represent the same species. This record represents a new genus for Angola (Baptista 2024). The specimen reported here was found in a small pond under permanent shade in a deep valley, surrounded by degraded and secondary forest in Lower Mayombe.