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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Leptopelis boulengeri
(Werner, 1898) Photo
figure 8C
TYPE
LOCALITY
.— “Victoria Kamerun”, [
Limbé
,
Cameroon
]
DISTRIBUTION
.— This species is widespread over the Gulf of
Guinea
region, from southeastern
Nigeria
to
Gabon
and
Democratic Republic of Congo
. In
Equatorial Guinea
, it has been recorded from Bioko (
Boulenger 1906a
;
Ahl 1929
;
Bell et al. 2019
) and
Río Muni
(
Ahl 1929
;
De la Riva 1994
). Our revision provides additional records from
Río Muni
(
Map 7C
).
COMMENTS
.— Some records of this species are located in
Equatorial Guinea
under the synonym of
Leptopelis poensis
Ahl, 1929
for Bioko populations (
Type
locality:
Fernando Poo
[
=Bioko
]), and
Leptopelis violescens
Ahl, 1929
for
Río Muni
populations (
Type
locality: Makomo, Spanish-Guinea).
SPECIMENS
EXAMINED
.—
Nineteen specimens
.
Miboman
km 27
Ctra Bata-Movo
, 1984 (
EBD 19633
)
,
April 1988
(
EBD 27824
)
;
Ayebe
(
Akurene
), cerca de la cascada
de Nguelensok
,
15 June 1986
(
EBD 21012
,
EBD 21020
)
;
Cabo
San Juan
,
19 August 1901
(
MNCN 4000– 4001
)
,
21 August 1901
(
MNCN 4002–4003
,
MNCN 4038–4041
),
August 1901
(
MNCN 4042–4048
)
.