Afrixalus fulvovittatus (Cope, 1861) 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 : 159

Afrixalus fulvovittatus (Cope, 1861) Photo figure 14A

TYPE LOCALITY.— “ Liberia ” .

DISTRIBUTION.— This species extends over a vast area ranging from Guinea to Cameroon, including Equatorial Guinea, where it has been recorded from Monte Alén ( De la Riva 1994). There are no records from Bioko ( Map 15A ).

COMMENTS.— We provide an additional record of the species in Río Muni.

Currently, the populations of Equatorial Guinea are ascribed to the subspecies A. f. brevipalmatus ( Amiet 2012) . Descriptions of the advertisement calls from Monte Alén were provided by Bosch et al. (2000) (as A. brevipalmatus [Ahl, 1931]).

SPECIMENS EXAMINED.— Fifteen specimens. Engong (Aconibe-Asoc), 01 May 1987 ( EBD 25102–25116 ) .

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MAPS 15A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Afrixalus fulvovittatus; (B) Afrixalus laevis; (C) Afrixalus osorioi.