Hoplobatrachus occipitalis (Günther, 1858)

African Tiger Frog

Material: Female, NGK-Nimba 0005 (Fig. 8C).

Comments: Hoplobatrachus occipitalis is a large aquatic frog that is widely distributed in savannahs and disturbed forests across tropical Africa (Channing and Rödel 2019). A female was caught at night near a stream within pastures (07°35.453’N, 008°24.957’W; 843 m asl). Males were heard calling at night, concealed in rice paddies in Yéalé village (07°31.928’N, 008°25.401’W; 425 m asl). In the rainy season, adult frogs were occasionally collected and eaten by the local populations around the MNINR (Zogbassé et al., unpub. data).