Afrixalus quadrivittatus (Werner 1908)

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 : 10-12

Afrixalus quadrivittatus (Werner 1908)

Material: Three (3) specimens. Doumaye: CAS 258271– 72, GFMJ 1492. Fig. 7C .

Comments: This species is found in open grassy habitat. In Doumaye, we found individuals in a flooded area near the football stadium (02.23300°S, 13.60305°E), calling from within bunches of grasses between 10–50 cm above the ground or shallow water. At this site, A. quadrivittatus is sympatric with A. osorioi , Hoplobatrachus occipitalis , and Phlyctimantis leonardi . This species is known from Batéké NP ( Zimkus and Larson 2013). We sequenced 16S rRNA of CAS 258271 and GFMJ 1492, and confirmed their identification using BLAST (GenBank accession: MF537696–97; nearest GenBank sequence is KF178889.1; 99% identical).

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Fig. 7. Afrixalus osorioi CAS 258270, CAS 258161 (A, B), A. quadrivittatus GFMJ 1492 (C), Cryptothylax greshoffi OMNH 44789 (D), Hyperolius adspersus CAS 258168, 2583332, GMFJ 1304 (E–G), H. olivaceus CAS 258159 (H).