Phrynobatrachus liberiensis Barbour and Loveridge, 1927

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 : 90

Phrynobatrachus liberiensis Barbour and Loveridge, 1927

Liberian Puddle Frog

Material: Male, NGK-Nimba 0071 ( Fig. 12C ).

Comments: Phrynobatrachus liberiensis is generally found along swamps and shallow streams in primary forests ( Rödel and Branch 2002; Kouamé et al. 2018). Many males were heard calling, being well concealed sitting on the banks of a shallow stream in a swampy patch of dense forest (07°32.993’N, 008°24.753’W; 425 m asl). A male (27.0 mm) and a young female (26.0 mm) were caught.

Figures

Fig. 12. Phrynobatrachid frogs from Mount Nimba Integrated Nature Reserve: Phrynobatrachus latifrons female (A); P. latifrons male (B); P. liberiensis male (C); P. natalensis male (D); P. natalensis female (E); P. phyllophilus male (F); P. tokba female (G); P. tokba male (H).