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Hoplobatrachus occipitalis (Günther 1858)

Jongsma, Gregory F. M., Tobi, Elie, Dixon-MacCallum, Graham P., Bamba-Kaya, Abraham, Yoga, Jean-Aimé, Mbega, Jean-Daniel, Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Emrich, Andrea M., Blackburn Abstract. - We, David C., This, Gabon. & Park, Batéké Plateau National, 2017, Amphibians of Haut-Ogooué Province, southeastern Gabon, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 144) 11 (1), pp. 1-23 : 10

publication ID

 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13226703

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scientific name

 Hoplobatrachus occipitalis (Günther 1858)
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Hoplobatrachus occipitalis (Günther 1858) View in CoL

Material: Three (3) specimens. Doumaye: CAS 258174 About CAS ; OMNH 44786 View Materials ; GFMJ 1294 . Fig. 6F View Fig .

Comments: This highly aquatic species is associated with permanent bodies of water in savanna habitat and tolerant of disturbance ( Guibé and Lamotte 1958; Rödel 2000). We encountered this species at pristine savanna lakes as well as disturbed permanent pools in the village of Bafounou. This species is widely distributed across Africa, from Senegal to Ethiopia and south to Zambia and Angola ( Rödel 2000). Within Gabon, H. occipitalis is known from: Batéké NP ( Zimkus and Larson 2013), Crystal Mountains NP ( Lötters et al. 2001), and Loango NP ( Burger et al. 2006). It is also known from the following areas: Ivindo, Rougier Gabon Forestry Concession (NCSM 78971–74) and from the Ouanga Plains, Basse-Banio in Nyanga province (USNM 580613–17).

Burger M, Pauwels OSG, Branch WR, Tobi E, Yoga J-A, Mikolo E-N. 2006. An assessment of the amphibian fauna of the Gamba complex of protected areas, Gabon. Pp. 297 - 308 In: Gamba, Gabon: Biodiversity of an Equatorial African Rainforest. Alonso A, Lee ME, Cambell P, Pauwels OSG, Dallmeier F. (Editors). Biological Society of Washington and National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D. C., USA. 436 p. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington (Washington) 12.

Guibe J, Lamotte M. 1958. La reserve naturelle inte- grale du Mont Nimba. XII. Batraciens (sauf Arthroleptis, Phrynobatrachus et Hyperolius). Memoires de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (A) 53: 241 - 273.

Lotters S, Gossmann V, Obame F, Bohme W. 2001. Zur Herpetofauna Gabuns Teil I: Einleitung, Untersuc- hungsgebiet und Methodik, kommentierte Artenliste der gefundenen Froschlurche. Herpetofauna 23 (133): 19 - 34.

Rodel M-O. 2000. Herpetofauna of West Africa: Amphibians of the West African Savanna. Volume 7. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 332 p.

Zimkus BM, Larson JG. 2013. Assessment of the amphibians of Bateke Plateau National Park, Gabon, including results of chytrid pathogen tests. Salamandra 49 (3): 159 - 170.

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Fig. 6. Sclerophrys gracilipes CAS 258282 (A), Sclerophrys superciliaris GFMJ 1314 (B, C), Conraua crassipes ORB 97 (D, E), Hoplobatrachus occipitalis CAS 258278 (F), Afrixalus dorsalis ORB 140 (G) A. osorioi GFMJ 1356 (H).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Dicroglossidae

Genus

Hoplobatrachus

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