Cacosternum thorini

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      Conradie W. 2014. The King of the Dwarves: a new cryptic species of Dainty Frog (Anura: Pyxicephalidae: Cacosternum) from the eastern Great Escarpment of South Africa // Zootaxa. 3785(3): 438-452. (Описание: с. 441.)

      "Красная Книга": IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org> [Electonic resource]. 2017: e.T76317542A76317884.
      https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/76317542/76317884 (https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T76317542A76317884.en).

      Картинка:


      Самец (голотип) и самка C. thorini. Op. cit., fig. 3 a,c.


      Цветовые вариации. Op. cit., fig. 4 (partim).

      Этимология: "The species name is derived from Thorin II Oakenshield, a fictional character in the J.R.R. Tolkien novel ‘The Hobbit’. Thorin is the Prince of the Dwarves and eventually becomes the King Under the Mountain; he is also greatly admired for being a singer of note. Thorin also means ‘dwarf’ in Old Norse. It is widely known and accepted that Hogsback was the inspiration behind J.R.R. Tolkien’s novels the ‘The Hobbit’ and the ‘Lord of the Rings’ series. The name references its small size, its complicated call and the fact that it is found at the base of a large mountain in Hogsback" (op. cit., p. 449).
 

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