Phrynobatrachus guineensis Guibé and Lamotte, 1962

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 : 90

Phrynobatrachus guineensis Guibé and Lamotte, 1962

Guinea Puddle Frog

Material: Male, NGK-Nimba 0034 ( Fig. 11G ).

Comments: Phrynobatrachus guineensis is the only known West African member of its genus that uses water-filled tree holes as breeding sites ( Rödel 1998; Rödel et al. 2004; Rudolf and Rödel 2007). A breeding male (15.5 mm) was found in a water-filled tree hole in a patch of dense forest (07°34.696’N, 008°25.015’W; 717 m asl).

Figures

Fig. 11. Hyperoliid, odontobatrachid, and phrynobatrachid frogs from Mount Nimba Integrated Nature Reserve: Kassina cochranae male (A); Odontobatrachus arndti male (B); Phrynobatrachus alleni male (C); P. annulatus male (D); P. francisci female (E); P. fraterculus female (F); P. guineensis male (G); P. gutturosus female (H).