Amphibian diversity of a West African biodiversity hotspot: an assessment and commented checklist of the batrachofauna of the Ivorian part of the Nimba Mountains Author Kanga, Kouassi Philippe Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Tropicale (BioEcoTrop), Daloa, BP 150, COTE D’IVOIRE Author Kouamé, N’Goran Germain Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Tropicale (BioEcoTrop), Daloa, BP 150, COTE D’IVOIRE ngoran_kouame@yahoo.fr Author Zogbassé, Parfait Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Tropicale (BioEcoTrop), Daloa, BP 150, COTE D’IVOIRE Author Gongomin, Basseu Aude-Inès Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Tropicale (BioEcoTrop), Daloa, BP 150, COTE D’IVOIRE Author Agoh, Konan Laurent Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Tropicale (BioEcoTrop), Daloa, BP 150, COTE D’IVOIRE Author Kouamé, Akoua Michèle Université Nangui Abrogoua, Pôle de Recherche Pêche et Aquaculture, UFR-SGE, 02 BP 801, Abidjan 02, COTE D’IVOIRE Author Konan, Jean Christophe B. Y. N. Université Nangui Abrogoua, Pôle de Recherche Pêche et Aquaculture, UFR-SGE, 02 BP 801, Abidjan 02, COTE D’IVOIRE Author Adepo-Gourène, Abouo Béatrice Université Nangui Abrogoua, Pôle de Recherche Pêche et Aquaculture, UFR-SGE, 02 BP 801, Abidjan 02, COTE D’IVOIRE Author Gourène, Germain Université Nangui Abrogoua, Pôle de Recherche Pêche et Aquaculture, UFR-SGE, 02 BP 801, Abidjan 02, COTE D’IVOIRE Author Rödel, Mark-Oliver Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin, GERMANY text Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 2021 e 275 2021-06-27 15 1 71 107 journal article 296936 10.5281/zenodo.11287122 fd72f90b-5100-43fc-9963-19f91090830b 1525-9153 11287122 Phrynobatrachus gutturosus ( Chabanaud, 1921 ) Guttural Puddle Frog Material : Two females , NGK-Nimba 0095 ( Fig. 11H ), NGK-Nimba 0096 , and two males , NGK-Nimba 0097 , NGK-Nimba 0098 . Comments : A complex of cryptic West African puddle frogs is currently known under the name Phrynobatrachus gutturosus (Rödel 2000; Zimkus et al. 2010 ). One species of that complex, P. afiabirago , has been recently described from southern Ghana ( Ofori-Boateng et al. 2018 ). Frogs from this complex became known from primary rainforest to dry savannah habitats (Rödel 2000; Rödel and Spieler 2000 ; Ernst and Rödel 2006 ; Nago et al. 2006 ; Hillers et al. 2008c ), and their taxonomic status requires further research. We found P. gutturosus among leaf litter in a cocoa and coffee plantation ( 07°31.928’N , 008°25.401’W ; 425 m asl). The plantation comprised a large pond and was used by people from the Yéalé village to grow rice. Numerous individuals of P. gutturosus were seen after sunset (1830 h GMT). Two females measured 18.5 and 20.0 mm.