Hoplobatrachus occipitalis (Günther, 1858)

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 : 84

Hoplobatrachus occipitalis (Günther, 1858)

African Tiger Frog

Material: Female, NGK-Nimba 0005 ( Fig. 8C ).

Comments: Hoplobatrachus occipitalis is a large aquatic frog that is widely distributed in savannahs and disturbed forests across tropical Africa ( Channing and Rödel 2019). A female was caught at night near a stream within pastures (07°35.453’N, 008°24.957’W; 843 m asl). Males were heard calling at night, concealed in rice paddies in Yéalé village (07°31.928’N, 008°25.401’W; 425 m asl). In the rainy season, adult frogs were occasionally collected and eaten by the local populations around the MNINR (Zogbassé et al., unpub. data).

Figures

Fig. 8. Conrauid, dicroglossid, hemisotid, and hyperoliids from Mount Nimba Integrated Nature Reserve: Conraua alleni (A–B); Hoplobatrachus occipitalis (C); Hemisus marmoratus (D); Afrixalus dorsalis (E); A. fulvovittatus (F); Hyperolius chlorosteus (G–H).