Arthroleptis brevipes Ahl, 1924

Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoudé, Ohler, Annemarie, Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Luiselli, Luca & Dubois, Alain, 2024, Amphibians of Togo: taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zoosystema 46 (25), pp. 631-670 : 636

Arthroleptis brevipes Ahl, 1924

REMARK

This species is only known from the holotype (ZMB 26978). It had been collected in Bismarkburg (Adele area), in the forest area of Togo. Up to now, no additional specimens were collected in Togo despite numerous field survey conducted around the type locality. According to Rödel et al. (2005), A. brevipes is a valid species, larger (SVL 30.8 mm) than most of the Volta frogs of this genus seen by Rödel & Agyei (2003). Its most conspicuous character is the extremely short hind legs, thighs reaching less than 34% and lower legs less than 37% of body length ( Channing & Rödel 2019). We collected numerous Athroleptis that we attribute all to Arthroleptis poecilonotus Peters, 1863 (see below). Recently a photo of a presumed A. brevipes has been published from the Ghanaian Atewa region by Channing & Rödel (2019).