Cardioglossa gracilis ( Boulenger 1900 )

Jongsma, Gregory F. M., Tobi, Elie, Dixon-MacCallum, Graham P., Bamba-Kaya, Abraham, Yoga, Jean-Aimé, Mbega, Jean-Daniel, Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Emrich, Andrea M., Blackburn Abstract. - We, David C., This, Gabon. & Park, Batéké Plateau National, 2017, Amphibians of Haut-Ogooué Province, southeastern Gabon, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 144) 11 (1), pp. 1-23 : 6

Cardioglossa gracilis ( Boulenger 1900)

Material: Ten (10) specimens. Doumaye: CAS 258182– 83, 258197, 258208, 258210; GFMJ 1326. Mboua: CAS 258227, 258251; OMNH 44770–71. Fig. 4E

Comments: Male C. gracilis are typically found calling from leaf litter within 10 meters of forested streams with slopped sides. Their call is an insect-like click. Males are faithful to their calling sites (GFMJ, pers. obs.); if disturbed, they will vacate the calling site, but then return to the same spot a short while later. This species was first collected in neighboring Equatorial Guinea by the ornithologist George L. Bates along the Benito River ( Boulenger 1900). Cardioglossa gracilis is also known from Ivindo NP ( Frétey and Blanc 2000) and Moukalaba-Doudou NP ( Burger et al. 2004). We also collected voucher specimens from Mitoné village near Lambaréné (000.64375°S, 010.22071°E; CAS 258016) and Madoukou village near Lastoursville (00.86831°S, 12.67244°E; GFMJ 1583).

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Fig. 4. Arthroleptis cf. poecilonotus CAS 258166 (A), A. sylvaticus CAS 258184 (B), Astylosternus batesi CAS 258139, GFMJ 1240 (C, D), Cardioglossa gracilis CAS 258016 (E), Leptopelis aubryi 258261 (F), L. aubryioides CAS 258234 (G, H).