Syndactyly in Bufo maculatus Hallowell (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae)

Abstract

Syndactyly in five specimens of Bufo maculatus, all from a small area 25 km west of Harare, Zimbabwe, is described. In three cases only one pair of digits was involved (two of the hand, one of the foot); in a fourth, two pairs of digits on one foot were involved; and in the fifth case, all digits of one hand were involved together with ectrodactyly and marked deformity.