Synopsis of the Amphibians of Equatorial Guinea based upon the Authors’ Field Work and Spanish Natural History Collections
Author
Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC), C / José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2. 28006, Madrid, Spain;
Author
Calvo-Revuelta, Marta
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC), C / José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2. 28006, Madrid, Spain;
Author
Castroviejo-Fisher, Santiago
Laboratorio de Sistemática de Vertebrados, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS). Av / Ipiranga, 6681, Prédio 40, sala 110, 90619 - 900, Porto Alegre, Brazil; * Corresponding author: IDlR (iriva @ mncn. csic. es)
Author
De, Ignacio
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC), C / José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2. 28006, Madrid, Spain;
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Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences
2020
2020-03-31
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Cardioglossa leucomystax
(
Boulenger, 1903
) Photo
figures 5D–E
TYPE
LOCALITY
.— “Cap Saint Jean, Guinée espagnole”, Cabo San Juan,
Río Muni, Equatorial Guinea
.
DISTRIBUTION
.— This species has the largest geographic range in the genus, occuring from
Nigeria
to
Gabon
, and throughout
Central African Republic
,
Democratic Republic of Congo
and
Republic of Congo
. Within
Equatorial Guinea
, it has been recorded from
Río Muni
only, in Cabo San Juan (
Boulenger 1903
) and in Monte Alén National Park (
De la Riva 1994
). Here we present the first records of
C. leucomystax
for Bioko, and also an additional locality for
Río Muni
(
Map 5A
).
COMMENTS
.— The newly recorded populations from Bioko are closely related to the ones from
Cameroon
(authors’ unpublished data).
SPECIMENS
EXAMINED
.—
Seven specimens
.
Niefang
,
Alosa
,
14 August 1985
(
EBD 34220
)
;
River
mouth of
Moaba
,
Bioko
,
03°14ʹ01.41ʺN
,
08°37ʹ19.64ʺE
,
21 November 2003
(
MNCN 48923–48925
)
;
Río
Ole
, on the way to
Caldera de Luba
,
Bioko
,
03°15ʹ55.40ʺN
,
08°28ʹ31.64ʺE
,
26 November 2003
(
MNCN 48926–48927
)
;
between
Río
Ole
and
Casa Moraca
,
Bioko
,
03°15ʹ33.05ʺN
,
08°29ʹ11.18ʺE
,
29 November 2003
(
MNCN 48928
)
.