Amphibians of Kokolopori: an introduction to the amphibian fauna of the Central Congolian Lowland Forests, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Author
Badjedjea, Gabriel
Department of Aquatic Ecology, Biodiversity Monitoring Center, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Author
Masudi, Franck M.
Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Biodiversity Monitoring Center, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Author
Akaibe, Benjamin Dudu
Faculty of Sciences, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Author
Gvoždík, Václav
Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, CZECH REPUBLIC & National Museum, Department of Zoology, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
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Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
2022
e 301
2022-02-14
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10.5281/zenodo.12761585
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Phrynobatrachus
cf.
auritus
Boulenger, 1900
Fig. 10C
.
Area:
Yalokole.
Season/survey:
Wet (
May 2018
).
Material:
CSB:Herp:
RNBK
066, 101.
Comments:
The
type
locality of this species is far from the study site, in
Equatorial Guinea
(
Sánchez-Vialas et al. 2020
), thus this identification still needs to be tested by molecular methods.
Individuals
corresponding to this species were found only near the
Eho
stream, in the neighborhood of the
Bandjangi
swamp (used by local people to macerate cassava) at the edge of disturbed forest and farmbush, near
Yalokole village
.
This
record could indicate a higher level of tolerance to disturbed habitats, as the other two species were found only in
primary forest. The general coloration of this species appears to be rather lighter, with a mostly pale, whitish venter.