Phrynobatrachus francisci Boulenger, 1912

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 : 90

Phrynobatrachus francisci Boulenger, 1912

Francisc’s Puddle Frog

Material: Two females, NGK-Nimba 0092 ( Fig. 11 E ), NGK-Nimba 0093.

Comments : Phrynobatrachus francisci occurs in moist Guinea savannah and drier Sudanese savannah, from Senegal to Nigeria (Rödel 2000; Channing and Rödel 2019). We found the species in the rainy season, among dense herbaceous vegetation at the edge of a puddle (07°31.928’N, 008°25.401’W; 425 m asl). Two females (20.5–22.0 mm) were caught in the Yéalé village during late afternoon (1618 h GMT).

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).