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Angola, through northwestern southern Africa, including Namibia, Botswana and western Zim¬ 
babwe. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 18): The 
species occurs in the extreme southern Angola. 
Cuando Cubango: “Angola side of the Cuban¬ 
go River near Calai (29)” [-17.87291, 
19.83333] (Conradie et al. 2016:9-10, 14). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: 
Tandy and Keith (1972) considered this species 
to be a member of Bufo regularis group and a 
synonym of what is now recognized as Scle- 
rophrys garmani (Meek, 1897). Due to its sim¬ 
ilarities with S. garmani, Poynton and 
Broadley (1988) suggested that poweri might 
be conspecific with Bufo pseudogarmani 
Hulselmans, 1969, although they chose to 
retain it as a synonym of garmani. Pickergill 
(2007a) considered S. pseudogarmani a syn¬ 
onym of S. poweri and suggested that southern 
African populations should be referred to pow¬ 
eri. According to M. Largen, J. Poynton, L. Mazibuko and M. Tandy (pers. comm, in Channing et 
al. 2013a), the eastern limit of the distribution of S. poweri is uncertain due to remaining confusion 
with S. garmani. Whereas Channing (2001) did not consider S. garmani to occur in Angola, he did 
recognize populations from southernmost Angola as S. poweri. Recently, Conradie et al. (2016) 
cited a single specimen collected in Cuando Cubango Province, which represents the first record 
for Angola, although it is expected to be more widely distributed in southern and eastern Angola. 
Map 18 . Distribution of Sclerophrys poweri in Angola. 
Sclerophrys pusilla (Mertens, 1937) Mertens’ Striped Toad 
Bufo cinereus Hallowell 1844:169. Name preoccupied by Bufo cinereus Schneider, 1799 = syn. Bufo bufo 
(Linnaeus, 1758). 
Bufo maculatus Hallowell 1854:101. Neotype: BMNH 1984.163 fide Poynton et al. (2016:83). Replacement 
name for Bufo cinereus Hallowell, 1844. Type locality: “Monrovia, Liberia”Poynton et al. (2016:83). 
Bufo regularispusillus Mertens 1937:17. Holotype: SMF 22247 (collected by F. Haas). Type locality: “Leta- 
ba Camp,” Kruger National Park, South Africa fide Poynton et al. (2016:84). 
Bufo maculatus: Tandy and Keith (1972:159), Poynton and Broadley (1988:460), Channing (1989:1, 
2001:84), Poynton and Haacke (1993:13), Pickersgill (2007a:541). 
Bufo funereus: Monard (1937a:26, 1938:55, 77, 78). 
Bufo pusilus: Cei (1977:17), Lambiris (1988:51). 
Bufo maculatus: Ruas (1996:21, 2002:141). 
Bufo funereus: Ruas (1996:21, 2002:142). 
Amietophrynus maculatus: Fretey et al. (2011:23), 
Sclerophrys maculata: Frost (2016), Ceriaco et al. (2016a: 19). 
Sclerophrys pusilla: Poynton et al. (2016:84), Conradie et al. (2016:14). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Least Concern. 
Global distribution: The species is known from eastern, central and southern Africa from 
southern and western Cameroon, eastern through the Central African Republic and Sudan south to 
Mozambique and northern regions of South Africa and Swaziland. The species also occurs in west¬ 
ern Zimbabwe, Zambia, and northern Namibia, with a possible wide range in Angola. 
