Chiromantis rufescens (Günther, 1869)

Kanga, Kouassi Philippe, Kouamé, N’Goran Germain, Zogbassé, Parfait, Gongomin, Basseu Aude-Inès, Agoh, Konan Laurent, Kouamé, Akoua Michèle, Konan, Jean Christophe B. Y. N., Adepo-Gourène, Abouo Béatrice, Gourène, Germain & Rödel, Mark-Oliver, 2021, Amphibian diversity of a West African biodiversity hotspot: an assessment and commented checklist of the batrachofauna of the Ivorian part of the Nimba Mountains, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 275) 15 (1), pp. 71-107 : 96

Chiromantis rufescens (Günther, 1869)

Western Foam-nest Frog

Material: Male, NGK-Nimba 0102 ( Fig. 14H ) .

Comments: Chiromantis rufescens is a complex of treefrog species ( Leaché et al. 2019), occurring in rainforest and the transition zone between forest and savannah, from West and Central Africa to the southernmost record in Angola ( Lamotte 1967; Schiøtz 1967; Channing and Rödel 2019; Rödel and Glos 2019; Ernst et al. 2020). They are the only West African species depositing foam nests above stagnant waters ( Coe 1967, 1974; Schiøtz 1967; Monayong Ako’o 1978; Rödel et al. 2002). During the entire survey in Mounts Nimba, only one specimen was found on a dark night in a plantation from the Yéalé village dominated by cocoa and coffee trees ( Fig. 14H ). This specimen measured 45.0 mm in SUL.

Figures

Fig. 14. Ptychadenid, ranid, and rhacophorid frogs from Mount Nimba Integrated Nature Reserve: Ptychadena retropunctata (A); P. stenocephala female (B); P. submascareniensis female (C); P.submascareniensis male (D); P. tournieri female (E); Amnirana sp. ‘albolabris west’ female (F); Amnirana sp. ‘albolabris west’ male (G); Chiromantis rufescens male (H).