Ptychadena bibroni (Hallowell, 1845)

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 : 92

Ptychadena bibroni (Hallowell, 1845)

Bibron’s Grass Frog

Material: One female, NGK-Nimba 0104 ( Fig. 13 D ), and one male, NGK-Nimba 0105.

Comments : We found P. bibroni in the Yéalé village (07°31.928’N, 008°25.401’W; 425 m asl) along road puddles during the rainy season, and in cocoa and coffee plantations during the dry season. This frog is known from humid savannahs, but was also reported from dry savannahs and open degraded forests (Rödel 2000; Channing and Rödel 2019). The body size of males ranged from 39.0–46.0 mm (N = 6), while females reached 46.5–57.0 mm (N = 7).

Figures

Fig. 13. Pipid and ptychadenid frogs from Mount Nimba Integrated Nature Reserve: Xenopus tropicalis female (A); Ptychadena arnei female (B); P. arnei male (C); P. bibroni male (D); P. longirostris male (E); P. oxyrhynchus male (F); P. pujoli male (G); P. pumilio female (H).