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Breviceps parvus

Breviceps parvus

Hewitt, 1925

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Remarks. The type description makes no reference to the number of specimens in the type series. PEM A 1533 and 1534 are both illustrated in the type description (Pl. X, Fig. 6). PEM A 1534 is designated as the lectotype as it is the largest specimen and in very good condition. All are in similar conditions, apart from PEM A 1536 which has a ventrolateral incision from arm to groin. According to Loveridge (1929 b), one syntype was donated to the MCZ (A- 10836). Placed in synonymy with Breviceps pentheri pentheri by Parker (1934), and later transferred to the synonymy of Breviceps adspersus by Poynton (1964).
Conradie, Werner, Branch, William R., Watson, Gillian (2015): Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 1: Amphibians. Zootaxa 3936 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.1.2

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AnimaliaChordataAmphibiaAnuraBrevicipitidaeBrevicepsBreviceps parvus

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FIGURE 6. Family Heleophrynidae and Hyperoliidae: A—Holotype of Heleophryne hewitti (PEM A 11156), B—Lectotype of Heleophryne rosei (PEM A 1541), C—Holotype of Kassina wealii quinque-vittata (PEM A 6289).

Imageimage/png© Conradie, Werner;Branch, William R.;Watson, GillianConradie, Werner;Branch, William R.;Watson, Gillian

FIGURE 7. Family Hyperoliidae: A—Holotype of Hyperolius chelaensis (PEM A 9223), B—Lectotype of Hyperolius horstockii semidiscus (PEM A 4579), C—Holotype of Hyperolius raymondi (PEM A 10049).

Imageimage/png© Conradie, Werner;Branch, William R.;Watson, GillianConradie, Werner;Branch, William R.;Watson, Gillian

FIGURE 8. Family Pyxicephalidae III: A—Lectotype of Rana vertebralis (PEM A 1550), B—Holotype of Strongylopus springbokensis (PEM A 963), C—Holotype of Tomopterna tandyi (PEM A 2283).

Imageimage/png© Conradie, Werner;Branch, William R.;Watson, GillianConradie, Werner;Branch, William R.;Watson, Gillian

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Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 1: Amphibians

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal volume Conradie, Werner, Branch, William R., Watson, Gillian (2015): Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 1: Amphibians. Zootaxa 3936 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.1.2

Abstract

The Port Elizabeth Museum houses the consolidated herpetological collections of three provincial museums of the Eastern Cape, South Africa: the Port Elizabeth Museum (Port Elizabeth), the Amatole (previously Kaffarian) Museum (King Williams Town), and the Albany Museum (Grahamstown). Under John Hewitt, Albany Museum was the main centre of herpetological research in South Africa from 1910–1940, and he described numerous new species, many based on material in the museum collection. The types and other material from the Albany Museum are now incorporated into the Port Elizabeth Museum Herpetology collection (PEM). Due to the vague typification of much of Hewitt’s material, the loss of the original catalogues in a fire and the subsequent deterioration of specimen labels, the identification of this type material is often troublesome. Significant herpetological research has been undertaken at the PEM in the last 35 years, and the collection has grown to be the third largest in Africa. During this period, numerous additional types have been deposited in the PEM collection, generated by active taxonomic research in the museum. As a consequence, 43 different amphibian taxa are represented by 37 primary and 151 secondary type specimens in the collection. This catalogue provides the first documentation of these types. It provides the original name, the original publication date, journal number and pagination, reference to illustrations, current name, museum collection number, type locality, notes on the type status, and photographs of all holotypes and lectotypes. Where necessary to maintain nomenclatural stability, and where confused type series are housed in the PEM collection, lectotypes and paralectotypes are nominated.

Key words: Amphibia, Port Elizabeth Museum, Albany Museum, types

Conradie W, Branch W R, Watson G, plazi (2015). Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 1: Amphibians. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3936.1.2 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.

CC0Published 12/31/2015View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
119600752
Dataset Key
60942119-aabc-4fba-b245-ac8441ca2397
Origin
source
Backbone Key
8489202
Taxon ID
2E7387E1EF00FFBDFF76FE71FD1AFC71.taxon
Last Crawled
6/11/2026
Last Interpreted
6/11/2026
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