Cardioglossa nigromaculata Nieden, 1908

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 : 150

Cardioglossa nigromaculata Nieden, 1908

TYPE LOCALITY.— “Johann-Albrechtshöhe [=Kumba]”, Cameroon .

DISTRIBUTION.— This species ranges from southeastern Nigeria to southwestern Cameroon, and it is also present on Bioko (Channing & Rödel 2019) ( Map 5B ).

COMMENTS.— This species was found for the first time in Equatorial Guinea by the BBPP in Caldera de Luba, Bioko, during November 2015. Recorded specimens are held at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Channing & Rödel (2019) published the presence of this species on Bioko (without specific locality) based on these specimens. See addendum in Material and Methods.

SPECIMENS EXAMINED.— No specimens were found in the collections examined by us in this study.

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MAPS 5A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Cardioglossa leucomystax; (B) Cardioglossa nigromaculata; (C) Astylosternus batesi.