Ptychadena longirostris (Peters, 1870)

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 longirostris (Peters, 1870)

Snouted Grass Frog

Material: Female, NGK-Nimba 0039 ( Fig. 13E ).

Comments: Ptychadena longirostris was found along a forest trail with puddles of various sizes (07°32.993’N, 008°24.753’W; 425 m asl). They had a yellowish back with an ill-defined darker lateral band, stretching from the nares through eyes, tympanum, and flanks to the groin. The size of males ranged from 43.0–46.0 mm (N = 4); two females measured 50.0 and 52.5 mm (N = 2). This West African species is known to breed in puddles along forest roads ( Guibé and Lamotte 1954; Rödel 2000). It preys on various insects and occasionally even aquatic food items ( Konan et al. 2016).

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).