Sclerophrys regularis (Reuss, 1833)

Lobón-Rovira, Javier, Lobón-Rovira, Baptista, Ninda L, Clark, Tyron, Verburgt, Luke, Jongsma, Gregory Fm, Conradie, Werner, and, Luis Veríssimo, Vaz, Pedro & Pinto, 2025, Filling the gaps: herpetological checklist of Mayombe National Park and Cabinda Province (Angola) shed light on one of the most unexplored corners of tropical Central Africa, African Journal of Herpetology 74 (1), pp. 1-59 : 1-59

Sclerophrys regularis (Reuss, 1833)

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Material. ANGOLA – Cabinda Province • Tando Zinze ; –5.3068, 12.4985; 32 m a.s.l.; P1.142; GenBank: PQ455951 .

Identification. A large toad (SVL = 91–130 mm) with enlarged parotoid glands and large warts scattered across the entire body. The species has low genetic divergence across its entire range. The specimen reported here is genetically identical to material from Pool, Republic of the Congo (GenBank: KY080012 ) , Sambolabo , Cameroon (GenBank: KF665304 ) , Kampala, Uganda ( GenBank : AF220890 ) and Lake Baringo, Kenya (GenBank: AF220889 ) , and almost identical to material from the type locality in Egypt (GenBank: KF665201 ) .

Biology and distribution. This toad is known to occur from Senegal eastwards to Ethiopia and northern Tanzania, northwards across the Nile River , and southwards to northern Angola ( Channing and Rödel 2019). The species is widely distributed in sub-Saharan savannahs and commonly found in urban and highly impacted areas (e.g. farms and plantations). Only one specimen was found during this study, in degraded forest near farmland in the Littoral Peneplain .

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Figure 4. Species of the families Arthroleptidae, Bufonidae and Dicroglossidae recorded from Mayombe National Park and Cabinda Province, Angola. Codes in brackets represent field tissue numbers. A. Arthroleptis adelphus from Miconge, Upper Mayombe (P3.186). B. A. carquejai (P3.123) and C. A. aff. poecilonotus (P3.119) from Sanga Wanda, Lower Mayombe. D. A. sylvaticus from Miconge, Upper Mayombe (P2.194). E. Cardioglossa leucomystax from Vaku (P2.031) and from F. Miconge (P2.218), Upper Mayombe. G. Leptopelis aubryi from Mbundu, Lower Mayombe (P3.214). H. L. cf. aubryioides (P3.514), I. L. boulengeri (P3.523) and J. L. cf. calcaratus (P3.513) from Sanga Wanda, Lower Mayombe. K. L. cf. jordani (P3.163) from Lombe River, Vaku, Upper Mayombe. L. L. millsoni (P9.070) from South of Dinge. M. L. ocellatus (P3.113) from Sanga Wanda, Lower Mayombe. N. L. rufus (P2.045) from Vaku, Upper Mayombe O. Scotobleps gabonicus (P3.139) from Chimbete, Lower Mayombe. P. Trichobatrachus robustus (P2.181) from Miconge, and Q. Nectophryne afra (P2.063) from Vaku, Upper Mayombe. R. N. aff. batesii (P3.224) from Mbundu, Lower Mayombe. S. Sclerophrys sp. (P2.042) from Vaku, Upper Mayombe. T. S. pusilla (P2.094) from Sanga Mongo, Lower Mayombe. U. S. regularis (P1.142) from Tando Zinze. V. S. tuberosa (P3.509) from Sanga Wanda, Lower Mayombe. W. Hoplobatrachus occipitalis (P9.073) from South of Dinge. Photographs by PVP (A–J, L, N, P–T, V–W), JLR (K, M, O) and TB (U).