PIPIDS OF THE WORLD: Species Information

Etymology

gilli: in honor of Edwin Leonard Gill (1877-1956), former director of the South African Museum in Cape Town

Type material and localities

Holotype: AMG 5112 by museum records. Type Locality: "Sylvermyn River ... near Cape Town" South Africa.

Distribution

Country records from South Africa. Limits are: NORTH: South Africa: Willemsrivier (31°21'S, 19°06'E) — SOUTH: South Africa: Perly Beach (bch) (34°40'S, 19°31'E) — WEST: South Africa: Groot-Rondevlei (mrsh) (34°14'S, 18°23'E) — EAST: South Africa: Perly Beach (bch) (34°40'S, 19°31'E).

References

• Rose, Walter & John Hewitt (1927): Description of a new species of Xenopus from the Cape Peninsula. - Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, XIV: 343-347.