Phrynobatrachus calcaratus (Peters, 1863)

Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta, Castroviejo-Fisher, Santiago & De, Ignacio, 2020, Synopsis of the Amphibians of Equatorial Guinea based upon the Authors’ Field Work and Spanish Natural History Collections, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 66 (8), pp. 137-230 : 166-167

Phrynobatrachus calcaratus (Peters, 1863)

TYPE LOCALITY.— “Boutry”, Ghana .

DISTRIBUTION.— This species ranges from Senegal and Guinea to Cameroon, and eastward to Central African Republic. In Equatorial Guinea, this species was recorded on Bioko at Punta Frailes (= Punta Europa) by Boulenger (1906a) ( Map 22B ).

COMMENTS.— There are no additional records of this species from Bioko since Boulengerś (1906a) citation. This taxon represents a species complex ( Zimkus et al. 2010).

SPECIMENS EXAMINED.— No specimens were found in the collections examined by us in this study.

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MAPS 22A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Phrynobatrachus batesii; (B) Phrynobatrachus calcaratus; (C) Phrynobatrachus cornutus.