''Breviceps passmorei'', or Passmore's rain frog or Ndumo rain frog is a species of frog in the genus ''

Breviceps ''Breviceps'' is a genus of frogs in the family Brevicipitidae. Species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, ...

'' endemic to South Africa.

Description

''Breviceps passmorei'' has extremely abbreviated snout mouth narrow and downturned; short limbs which, at rest, are held close to the body, not projecting beyond the body outline; digits tapering to apex; inner and outer toes very short or rudimentary; inner and outer metatarsal tubercles well developed, confluent or separated by a narrow groove; vent terminal, not deflected downwards.

Distribution

It is located west of the Tembe Elephant Reserve in the vicinity of the

Pongola River The Phongolo River is a river in South Africa. It is a tributary of the Maputo River. It rises near Utrecht in northern KwaZulu-Natal, flows east through oPhongolo, is dammed at Pongolapoort, and crosses the Ubombo Mountains; then it flows nort ...

near borders of

Eswatini Eswatini, formally the Kingdom of Eswatini, also known by its former official names Swaziland and the Kingdom of Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by South Africa on all sides except the northeast, where i ...

and

Mozambique Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Afr ...

, and into southeastern Limpopo Province.

Etymology

''Breviceps passmorei'' is named after Neville Passmore in recognition of his contributions to South African herpetology in the field of bioacoustics, and for instilling a lifelong interest in frogs among his students, many of whom have also made significant contributions in this and other fields.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q40408033 passmorei Frogs of Africa Amphibians of Eswatini Amphibians of Mozambique Amphibians of South Africa Amphibians described in 2017