Sclerophrys superciliaris (Boulenger 1888)

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 : 10

Sclerophrys superciliaris (Boulenger 1888)

Material: One (1) specimen. Doumaye: GFMJ 1314. Fig. 6B, C .

Comments: One individual was brought to our camp by a local civil servant, Eric Dipanda, who found the toad on the main dirt road running through Doumaye (02.23373°S, 013.60008°E). This is the first provincial record and most southern record for the species ( Barej et al. 2011), although Frétey and Blanc (2000) reports the species from the Republic of Congo without precise locality information. It is best detected by its bright eye-shine in the dark (DCB, pers. obs.).

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Fig. 6. Sclerophrys gracilipes CAS 258282 (A), Sclerophrys superciliaris GFMJ 1314 (B, C), Conraua crassipes ORB 97 (D, E), Hoplobatrachus occipitalis CAS 258278 (F), Afrixalus dorsalis ORB 140 (G) A. osorioi GFMJ 1356 (H).