Afrixalus fulvovittatus (Cope, 1861)

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 : 84

Afrixalus fulvovittatus (Cope, 1861)

Banded Spiny Reed Frog

Material: Two females, NGK-Nimba 0066 , NGK-Nimba 0067 ( Fig. 8F ) .

Comments: Afrixalus fulvovittatus can be easily recognized by its characteristic reddish-brown dorsal surface with three light longitudinal stripes joining on the tip of the snout. The delicate reddish-brown line in the middle of each light stripe distinguishes it from the similar looking A. vittiger ( Pickersgill 2007) . This nocturnal species prefers the heavily degraded habitats of the forest zone ( Schiøtz 1967; Rödel and Glos 2019). In the Yéalé village, the species was found in rice paddies and grassy swamps (07°31.928’N, 008°25.401’W; 425 m asl). The SULs of two females were 19.8–21.0 mm, thus they were below the described size for A. fulvovittatus ( Schiøtz 1967) .

Figures

Fig. 8. Conrauid, dicroglossid, hemisotid, and hyperoliids from Mount Nimba Integrated Nature Reserve: Conraua alleni (A–B); Hoplobatrachus occipitalis (C); Hemisus marmoratus (D); Afrixalus dorsalis (E); A. fulvovittatus (F); Hyperolius chlorosteus (G–H).