Phrynobatrachus phyllophilus Rödel and Ernst, 2002

Kanga, Kouassi Philippe, Kouamé, N’Goran Germain, Zogbassé, Parfait, Gongomin, Basseu Aude-Inès, Agoh, Konan Laurent, Kouamé, Akoua Michèle, Konan, Jean Christophe B. Y. N., Adepo-Gourène, Abouo Béatrice, Gourène, Germain & Rödel, Mark-Oliver, 2021, Amphibian diversity of a West African biodiversity hotspot: an assessment and commented checklist of the batrachofauna of the Ivorian part of the Nimba Mountains, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 275) 15 (1), pp. 71-107 : 92

Phrynobatrachus phyllophilus Rödel and Ernst, 2002

Leaf-loving Puddle Frog

Material: Male, NGK-Nimba 0037 ( Fig. 12F ).

Comments: Phrynobatrachus phyllophilus prefers patches of swampy primary forest from eastern Ivory Coast to Sierra Leone (Rödel and Ernst 2002a; Ernst and Rödel 2006; Kouamé et al. 2008, 2014, 2018; Channing and Rödel 2019). We found only one male (15.0 mm) during the rainy season. It was concealed among dense leaf litter, in a patch of dense forest, intersected by a small stream (07°32.993’N, 008°24.753’W; 425 m asl).

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Fig. 12. Phrynobatrachid frogs from Mount Nimba Integrated Nature Reserve: Phrynobatrachus latifrons female (A); P. latifrons male (B); P. liberiensis male (C); P. natalensis male (D); P. natalensis female (E); P. phyllophilus male (F); P. tokba female (G); P. tokba male (H).