AMPHIBIANS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA

By M. M. Stewart. Copeia, 2002

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Freshwater paths across the ocean: molecular phylogeny of the frog Ptychadena newtoni gives insights into amphibian colonization of oceanic islands (2006, background): “They are medium-sized frogs, typically 50–60 mm snout-vent length, and are often abundant in wetland areas and irrigated agricultural landscapes (Channing, 2001).”
Verified non-indigenous amphibians and reptiles in Florida from 1863 through 2010: Outlining the invasion process and identifying invasion pathways and stages (2011, background): “The African Clawed Frog, Xenopus laevis (Daudin 1802b), is indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa, including the countries of Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Congo, southwestern Kenya, eastern Nigeria, Zambia, Angola, Malawi, Tanzania, Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Uga”
Phylogeography of Ptychadena mascareniensis suggests transoceanic dispersal in a widespread African‐Malagasy frog lineage (2004, background): “Ptychadena mascareniensis, the only not exclusively African species, is thought to be distributed in a vast area of Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarene islands (Mauritius and Réunion) and Seychelles islands (Channing, 2001; Rödel, 2000).”