Cardioglossa gracilis 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 : 149

Cardioglossa gracilis Boulenger, 1900 Photo figure 5C

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

DISTRIBUTION.— This species is distributed over southeastern Nigeria, Cameroon, continental Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Democratic Republic of Congo. In Equatorial Guinea, it was only known from the type locality, at Río Muni ( Boulenger 1900), from Cabo San Juan ( Boulenger 1903), and from Monte Alén National Park ( De la Riva 1994); the specimen examined provides an additional record ( Map 4B ).

COMMENTS.— This is a poorly known species. Amiet and Goutte (2017) provided an account including the call spectrum.

SPECIMENS EXAMINED.— One specimen. Noayong (Evinayong-Aconibe), 16 March 1987 ( EBD 25045 ) .

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MAPS 4A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Cardioglossa escalerae; (B) Cardioglossa gracilis; (C) Cardioglossa gratiosa.