Arthroleptis bioko Blackburn, 2010

Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta, Castroviejo-Fisher, Santiago & De, Ignacio, 2020, Synopsis of the Amphibians of Equatorial Guinea based upon the Authors’ Field Work and Spanish Natural History Collections, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 66 (8), pp. 137-230 : 146-147

Arthroleptis bioko Blackburn, 2010

TYPE LOCALITY.— “ Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Bioko Norte Province, along Pico Basilé road, northeast slope of Pico Basilé , 03°37′42.4″N, 08°48′11″E, ca. 1820 m elevation” .

DISTRIBUTION.— This species was known only from some localities of the Pico Basilé region ( Blackburn 2010), from where it was presumably endemic, but we record an additional population from Bioko Sur province, close to Caldera de Luba surroundings ( Map 2B ).

COMMENTS.— This species is currently the only known endemic amphibian of Equatorial Guinea. The additional record provided herein represents the southernmost known locality for this species. The identity of the single examined specimen, a female, was also confirmed by molecular analyses (authors unpublished data).

SPECIMENS EXAMINED.— One specimen. Narciso’s farm, Moka, Bioko, 03°20ʹ53.57ʺN, 08°39ʹ49.91ʺE, 12 November 2003 ( MNCN 48835 ) .

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MAPS 2A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Arthroleptis adelphus; (B) Arthroleptis bioko; (C) Arthroleptis aff. poecilonotus.