Sclerophrys superciliaris (Boulenger, 1888) 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 : 157

Sclerophrys superciliaris (Boulenger, 1888) Photo figures 11A–B

TYPE LOCALITY.— “ Rio del Rey , Cameroons ” .

DISTRIBUTION.— The nominal subspecies (see comments) is known from Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and, tentatively, Central African Republic. In Equatorial Guinea, S. superciliaris superciliaris has been recorded from Río Muni ( Boulenger 1900; De la Riva 1994) ( Map 12C ).

COMMENTS.— Barej et al. (2011) revealed the existence of three distinct taxa within the formerly known S. superciliaris sensu lato. One of them is represented by S. superciliaris superciliaris , which is distributed from eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea; a second taxon, S. superciliaris chevalieri , is distributed from Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana; the third taxon is located over the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and was described as a distinct species, Amietophrynus channingi Barej, Schmitz, Menegon, Hillers, Hinkel, Böhme, and Rödel, 2011 (currently S. channingi ).

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

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MAPS 12A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Sclerophrys gracilipes; (B) Sclerophrys latifrons; (C) Sclerophrys superciliaris.