Phrynobatrachus elberti

Phrynobatrachus elberti is a species of frog in the family Phrynobatrachidae. It is endemic to the Central African Republic and only known from its type locality, Bouala (originally spelled "Buala"), at 998 m (3,274 ft) above sea level on the Ouham River.[1][2][3] The specific name elberti honours Johannes Elbert, a German naturalist who visited Kamerun in 1914.[4] Common name Elbert's river frog has been coined for this species.[2][5]

Phrynobatrachus elberti is only known from the holotype collected from Bouala in the Central African Republic

Phrynobatrachus elberti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Phrynobatrachidae
Genus: Phrynobatrachus
Species:
P. elberti
Binomial name
Phrynobatrachus elberti
(Ahl, 1925)
Synonyms[2]
  • Hylarthroleptis elberti Ahl, 1925 "1923"

Taxonomy

Phrynobatrachus elberti was described as Hylarthroleptis elberti by German zoologist Ernst Ahl in 1925 based on seventeen syntypes.[3] It was transferred to Phrynobatrachus in 1938 by Kurt Deckert.[2] There are doubts about its taxonomic validity.[1]

Description

Phrynobatrachus elberti resembles Phrynobatrachus graueri and Phrynobatrachus brongersmai, but has interorbital space that is about twice as wide as the upper eyelid.[6]

Ecology

There are no observations of this species after its discovery, and its ecology is essentially unknown.[1]

References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2014). "Phrynobatrachus elberti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T58108A3065443. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T58108A3065443.en.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Phrynobatrachus elberti (Ahl, 1925)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  3. Frétey, T. (2007). "Provenance de trois espèces de Phrynobatrachus d'Afrique centrale décrites par Ahl en 1925 (Anura, Ranidae)". Alytes (in French). 25 (1/2): 83–85. ProQuest 1318922366.
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8.
  5. "Phrynobatrachus elberti (Ahl, 1925)". African Amphibians. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  6. Parker, H. W. (1936). "Amphibians from Liberia and the Gold Coast". Zoologische Mededelingen. 19: 87–102.
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