MCZ Herpetology A-3479

Phrynobatrachus keniensis Barbour and Loveridge, 1928

Date Collected:

Current Identification

Phrynobatrachus keniensis Barbour and Loveridge, 1928

Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Anura Ranoidea Ranidae

Nature of ID: type ID

Remarks: Barbour&Loveridge/1928

Previous Identification

Cacosternum boettgeri (Boulenger, 1882)

Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Anura Ranoidea Ranidae

Common Name(s): Boettger’s dainty frog; Common caco

Determiner: Boulenger

Nature of ID: migration

Remarks: Boulenger

Barbour and Loveridge 1928, page 89, Holotype of Phrynobatrachus keniensis Barbour and Loveridge, 1928

Part	Condition	Disposition	Count
tissue (95% ethanol)	good	in collection	1	History
Remarks: liver; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2021-08-27
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa determined date=2021-08-27 determined by=Rina Morisawa
whole animal (ethanol)	good	in collection	1	History (3)

Attribute	Value	Determination	On
associated grant	Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR)	By: Rina Morisawa	2021-08-27

Specific Locality:
Marsh on NE slope of Mt Kenia, Br E Af
Verbatim Locality:
Marsh on N.E. slope of Mt. Kenia, Br. E. Af.
Georeference:
0.00705800°, 37.3350820° (Error radius: 26.625mi) By: Maureen Flannery on 2005-02-01 (Source: Digital Chart of the World (DCW), non-USGS 1:1,000,000.)
Datum:
WGS84
Radial of Feature:
40233.6 m
Coordinates Entered As:
decimal degrees
Collecting Source:
wild caught
Collected On:
1909-09-09
Verbatim Date:
9/9/1909-9/9/1909
Collector:
Glover M. Allen