Petropedetes vulpiae Barej, Rödel, Gonwouo, Pauwels, Böhme, and Schmitz, 2010

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 : 165

Petropedetes vulpiae Barej, Rödel, Gonwouo, Pauwels, Böhme, and Schmitz, 2010

Photo figures 20D–E TYPE LOCALITY.— “ Cameroon, Mt. Nlonako, Ekomtolo, 4°51′N, 9°54′E, app. 450 m a.s.l.” DISTRIBUTION.— This species ranges from eastern Nigeria to Southern Gabon. In Equatorial Guinea, P. vulpiae has been recorded (considered as P. newtonii ) in two localities from Monte Alén ( De la Riva 1994) ( Map 21A ).

COMMENTS.— Taxonomical problems relating to this and other taxa such as P. johnstoni and P. newtonii were discussed by Barej et al. (2010; 2014) and Sánchez-Vialas et al. (2018).

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

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MAPS 21A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Petropedetes vulpiae; (B) Phrynobatrachus africanus; (C) Phrynobatrachus auritus.