Amnirana sp.

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 : 96

Amnirana sp. ‘albolabris-West’

West African White-lipped Frog

Material: Female, NGK-Nimba 0101 ( Fig. 14F ).

Comments: Amnirana sp. ‘albolabris-West’ is a forest-dwelling frog occurring in the Upper Guinean zone, formerly regarded as being conspecific with the real A. albolabris from Central African forests ( Jongsma et al. 2018). While its description is being prepared, the occurrence of this species has been even more recently confirmed for Burkina Faso ( Ayoro et al. 2020). This taxon was recorded in the Yéalé village, where a chorus was heard at night in a densely vegetated swampy area. One to two males initiated calling and many other males then joined the chorus. A similar behavior was also observed in A. fonensis (Kouamé et al., unpub. data). In the Yéalé village, frogs belonging to A. sp. ‘albolabris-West’ were also found in large numbers (N> 50) in a cocoa and coffee plantation near a large pond. Females had a less spiny back than males ( Fig. 14G ).

Figures

Fig. 14. Ptychadenid, ranid, and rhacophorid frogs from Mount Nimba Integrated Nature Reserve: Ptychadena retropunctata (A); P. stenocephala female (B); P. submascareniensis female (C); P.submascareniensis male (D); P. tournieri female (E); Amnirana sp. ‘albolabris west’ female (F); Amnirana sp. ‘albolabris west’ male (G); Chiromantis rufescens male (H).