Phrynobatrachus alleni Parker, 1936

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 : 88

Phrynobatrachus alleni Parker, 1936

Allen’s Puddle Frog

Material: Male, NGK-Nimba 0010 ( Fig. 11C ) .

Comments: During the rainy season, we found a yellow Phrynobatrachus alleni male (18.5 mm) in breeding condition, among leaf litter on the forest floor, in a patch of dense forest, crossed by a small stream (07°32.993’N, 008°24.753’W; 425 m asl). Rödel (2003) reported from nearby Mount Sangbé that breeding P. alleni became completely yellow. The yellow color may disappear within minutes when the frogs are disturbed. In Taï National Park, breeding P. alleni males where never observed to be completely yellow (M.-O. Rödel, unpub. data).

Figures

Fig. 11. Hyperoliid, odontobatrachid, and phrynobatrachid frogs from Mount Nimba Integrated Nature Reserve: Kassina cochranae male (A); Odontobatrachus arndti male (B); Phrynobatrachus alleni male (C); P. annulatus male (D); P. francisci female (E); P. fraterculus female (F); P. guineensis male (G); P. gutturosus female (H).