Phrynobatrachus cf. auritus Boulenger, 1900

Badjedjea, Gabriel, Masudi, Franck M., Akaibe, Benjamin Dudu & Gvoždík, Václav, 2022, Amphibians of Kokolopori: an introduction to the amphibian fauna of the Central Congolian Lowland Forests, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 301) 16 (1), pp. 35-70 : 57

Phrynobatrachus cf. auritus Boulenger, 1900

Fig. 10C .

Area: Yalokole.

Season/survey: Wet (May 2018).

Material: CSB:Herp: RNBK 066, 101.

Comments: The type locality of this species is far from the study site, in Equatorial Guinea ( Sánchez-Vialas et al. 2020), thus this identification still needs to be tested by molecular methods. Individuals corresponding to this species were found only near the Eho stream, in the neighborhood of the Bandjangi swamp (used by local people to macerate cassava) at the edge of disturbed forest and farmbush, near Yalokole village. This record could indicate a higher level of tolerance to disturbed habitats, as the other two species were found only in primary forest. The general coloration of this species appears to be rather lighter, with a mostly pale, whitish venter.

Figures

Fig. 10. Phrynobatrachids (Phrynobatrachus), ptychadenids (Ptychadena), and a pyxicephalid (Aubria). (A) Phrynobatrachus sp. aff. auritus (male). (B) Ph. cf. giorgii (male). (C) Ph. cf. auritus (male). (D) Ptychadena aequiplicata (female). (E) Pt. christyi (male), extralimital specimen from Mosite (0.956°N, 23.560°E). (F) Pt. perreti (male). (G) Pt. sp. aff. mascareniensis (male). (H) Aubria masako (male).