Pseudohemisus granulosus Guibe 1952

Pseudohemisus granulosus Guibé, 1952 Name-bearing type: Holotype MNHN 1953.238, from “Grotte d’Andranoboka, baie Mahajamba, Nord Majunga” according to the original description (Guibé 1952). Morphology. The holotype of this nomen is an adult in a good state of preservation and clearly conforms to the definition of the species in the S. calcarata complex. The inner metatarsal tubercle is enlarged, a tarsal tubercle is present (Fig. 9), a dorsolateral ridge runs along most of body, the dorsal skin is covered densely with very small tubercles. Measurements are given in Table 1. Osteologically, the specimen is consistent with the other Pseudohemisus specimens examined here (Fig. 10, Supplementary Figs S2–S 3). Assignment. Based on geographical provenance of the holotype and morphology (dorsolateral ridge along most of the body) this nomen can be confidently assigned to the northern lineage of S. obscura. We therefore consider Pseudohemisus granulosus Guibe, 1952 to be a junior synonym of Scaphiophryne obscura.
Published as part of Scherz, Mark D., Schmidt, Luca, Crottini, Angelica, Miralles, Aurélien, Rakotoarison, Andolalao, Raselimanana, Achille P., Köhler, Jörn, Glaw, Frank & Vences, Miguel, 2021, Into the Chamber of Horrors: A proposal for the resolution of nomenclatural chaos in the Scaphiophryne calcarata complex (Anura: Microhylidae), with a new species-level phylogenetic hypothesis for Scaphiophryninae, pp. 392-420 in Zootaxa 4938 (1) on page 411, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4938.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4574869
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