Phrynobatrachus auritus Boulenger, 1900 Photo

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 : 166

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.11105986
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11106233
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scientific name	Phrynobatrachus auritus Boulenger, 1900 Photo
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Phrynobatrachus auritus Boulenger, 1900 Photo View in CoL figures 21D–G

TYPE LOCALITY.— “ Benito River ”, Río Muni, Equatorial Guinea .

DISTRIBUTION.— This species is distributed from Nigeria and Cameroon to Gabon, and eastwards to Rwanda and western Uganda. In Equatorial Guinea, it has been recorded both from Río Muni ( Boulenger 1900; De la Riva 1994) and Bioko ( Bocage 1895a; Boulenger 1903, 1906a; Mertens 1941, 1965; Zimkus 2009; Zimkus et al. 2010; Taboue and Fokam 2016; Hydeman et al. 2017) ( Map 21C View MAPS ).

COMMENTS.— This species seems to be abundant throughout Equatorial Guinea. Populations from Bioko are placed within the same clade of Cameroonian populations ( Zimkus et al. 2010). The taxonomic status of P. auritus has been problematic (see Lamotte and Xavier 1966) due to Boulenger’s (1903) synonimization of it with P. plicatus (Günther, 1858) , which is its vicariant sister species from West Africa. The identity of P. auritus as a full species and its relationships with P. plicatus have been studied using molecular data by Zimkus et al (2010). Márquez et al. (2000) described the calls for Río Muni populations.

SPECIMENS EXAMINED.— Eighty-three specimens. Miboman , Km 27 Bata-Movo ( EBD 18294– 18315 View Materials ) ; Noayong (Evinayong-Aconibe), 16 April 1987 ( EBD 25043 View Materials ) ; Alosa , Niefang ( EBD 21032 View Materials , 21042 View Materials , 21036–21037 View Materials , EBD 21028 View Materials , 21009 View Materials , 21010 View Materials , 21013 View Materials ) ; Ctra Bata-Movo , Km 27, 1984 ( EBD 18629 View Materials ) . Rebola , Bioko, 13 January 1933 ( MNCN 3899 About MNCN ) ; Cabo San Juan , Río Muni, 21 August ( MNCN 3951–3992 About MNCN ) ; Caldera de Luba , Bioko, 13 March 2007 ( MNCN 46706 About MNCN , 46721 About MNCN ) ; BBPP camp, Caldera de Luba , Bioko, 03°20ʹ47.32ʺN, 08°29ʹ48.44ʺE, 26 November 2003 ( MNCN 48891–48894 About MNCN ) GoogleMaps ; Red swamp, Caldera de Luba, Bioko, 03°21ʹ27.99ʺN, 08°30ʹ52.11ʺE, 27 November 2003 ( MNCN 48895–48899 About MNCN ) GoogleMaps .