Sclerophrys tuberosa (Günther, 1858)

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Material. ANGOLA – Cabinda Province • Mayombe NP, Sanga Wanda; –4.6253, 12.4583; 221 m a.s.l.; FKH 1258; GenBank: PQ455952. • Mayombe NP, Sanga Wanda; –4.6270, 12.4527; 215 m a.s.l.; P3.509; GenBank: PQ455953.

Identification. A medium-sized toad (SVL = 48–74 mm) with compact body and enlarged globose parotoid glands, and body covered with long spiny warts (Channing and Rödel 2019). The material from the study area differs by <1% (16S p -distance) from material from between Malapa and Mbimb, Cameroon (GenBank: KF665246), and ∼2.5% from material from Lekoumou, Republic of the Congo (GenBank: KY080024).

Biology and distribution. The species is known to occur in lowland and mid-elevation primary forest to the north of the Congo River, from southeast Nigeria to western DRC (Channing and Rödel 2019). The specimens reported here are the first records for Cabinda Province and Angola (Baptista 2024) and represent the southernmost records for the species. Both specimens collected were found foraging on the ground at the edge of a dirt road surrounded by primary rainforest in Lower Mayombe, at ∼ 200 m a.s.l.