Phrynobatrachus Günther, 1862

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 : 165-166

Phrynobatrachus Günther, 1862

Phrynobatrachus africanus (Hallowell, 1858) Photo figures 21A–C TYPE LOCALITY.— “Gaboon” .

DISTRIBUTION.— Phrynobatrachus africanus ranges from Cameroon to southern Gabon and eastwards to Central African Republic, Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of Congo. In Equatorial Guinea, this species is found both on Bioko ( Böhme 1994; Zimkus 2009) and in Río Muni ( Boulenger 1900, 1903; De la Riva 1994) ( Map 21B ).

COMMENTS.— This species was previously considered under the nominotypic genus Dimorphognathus , currently a synonym of Phrynobatrachus ( Scott 2005) . Márquez et al. (2000) described the calls for Río Muni populations.

SPECIMENS EXAMINED.— Ten specimens. Centro-Sur, Patio Alosa, Niefang , 1985 ( EBD 21024 , EBD 21035 , EBD 21045 ); Miboman , Bata , Litoral, April 1988 ( EBD 28086 ) ; Ayamiken (San Joaquín de Ndyiacom) (B9806–9808, B9810); San Joaquín de Ndyiacomm (B9809); Cabo San Juan , Río Muni, 18 September 1901 ( MNCN 3993 ) .

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MAPS 21A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Petropedetes vulpiae; (B) Phrynobatrachus africanus; (C) Phrynobatrachus auritus.