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d, 4, 8d, 9d, 16
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. IRSNB-KBIN 13.840 (male),
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north of Alen-Nkoma, right of route L107, 2004, coll. O.S.G. Pauwels; IRSNB-KBIN 14.936 (female), 14.937-14.939 (
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, coll. O.S.G. Pauwels;
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, Mbikiliki,
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, coll. J.-L. Perret;
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1033.28-31 (
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), 1033.32-33 (
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),
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, Mbikiliki, 1959, coll. J.-L. Perret;
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1033.49-50 (
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), 1033.51-52 (
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),
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, Bipindi, Abiete, 1969, coll. J.-L. Perret;
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28942 (female),
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, Kribi, Efulen, 1906, coll. G.L. Rosenberg;
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73210-211 (
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),
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,
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northeast of Barrage de Kinguélé, app.
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a.s.l.,
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, coll. S. Lötters &amp; V. Gossmann;
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73891
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(male), Province du Woleu-Ntem, Tchimbélé, app.
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a.s.l.,
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, coll. O.S.G. Pauwels.
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Medium to large-sized
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Medium to large-sized
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with robust body; females growing slightly larger than males (SUL in males:
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, in females:
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); mean head width in males about 41% of SUL, in females about 37%; snout more pointed than in other species;
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distinct but rounded, loreal region concave; eye diameter about 1.7 times eye-narial distance; nose closer to snout tip than eye; tympanum very small and indistinct (tympanum / eye in males: 0.180.23, in females: 0.200.25); no tympanic papilla; supratympanic fold distinct; fingers slender, with typically T-shaped fingertips; relative length of fingers: III&gt; IV&gt; II&gt; I; manual subarticular tubercles single; manual webbing absent; palmar tubercle and thenar tubercle present, palmar tubercle sometimes indistinct; forearm hypertrophy moderately developed in males; carpal spike present in males; spinosities on whole body; dorsal surfaces with heterogeneous skin structure, some larger warts on flank and back, otherwise skin texture on flanks and dorsum similar (
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d); ventral skin more granular than in other species; mean femur length in males 53% of SUL, in females 51%, mean tibia length in males 58% of SUL, in females 57%; mean foot length in males 73% of SUL, in females 72%; upper hind limbs of moderate size, lower hind limbs slender; femoral glands larger in males than in females (femoral gland / femur length in males: 0.260.38, in females: 0.220.31;
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d); relative length of toes: IV&gt; III&gt; V&gt; II&gt; I; toes fully webbed, on 4th toe sometimes slightly less developed 4 (0.5-0.5).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE8FFB1D7B4FB3E40790D81" bold="true" box="[151,294,1253,1277]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">FIGURE 16.</emphasis>
Clutch and tadpoles of
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE8FFB1D507FB3D424A0D81" box="[548,789,1254,1277]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Petropedetes palmipes</emphasis>
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; Monte Alen, Equatorial Guinea (photo: I. de la Riva):
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE8FFB1D7E7FAFE400D0C43" bold="true" box="[196,338,1317,1343]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Coloration.</emphasis>
Dorsum uniformly dark; green and black with very few minuscule pale spots; throat whitish or dark marbled; upper hind limbs with pale, thin cross bars; coloration in preservation as in life, but pale. According to
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Lamotte
<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE8FFB1D693FAAA40B80CF6" box="[432,487,1393,1418]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">et al</emphasis>
. (1959)
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adults are of a glossy black colour in life, and therefore hard to find between stones.
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describes them as dark olive above, spotted or marbled dark and light. Limbs bear broad dark bands and narrow light cross-bars, the ventral side is dirty whitish (
<bibRefCitation id="5841C5E8FFE8FFB1D398FA6044220CA9" author="Boulenger" box="[1211,1405,1467,1493]" pageId="39" pageNumber="45" refString="Boulenger, G. A. (1905) Descriptions of new West-African frogs of the genera Petropedetes and Bulua. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 15, 281 - 283." type="journal article" year="1905">Boulenger 1905</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE8FFB1D7E7FA3B40700C86" bold="true" box="[196,303,1504,1530]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Tadpole.</emphasis>
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Lamotte
<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE8FFB1D6BDFA3A408E0C86" box="[414,465,1505,1530]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">et al</emphasis>
. (1959)
</bibRefCitation>
describe the tadpoles of
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE8FFB1D46CFA3A428A0C86" box="[847,981,1505,1530]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">P. palmipes</emphasis>
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. Tadpoles were found in high numbers in small rocky pools at the foot of rapids. The general coloration of the tadpoles is grey on dorsum and flanks, a duller colour around eyes and nostrils; venter translucent, intestinal tract being visible (
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d); overall body shape flat; large eyes situated in the first third of body; tail almost twice as long as body and tail tip pointed; jaw sheats small, narrow and serrated; keratodont formula in younger stages 4:3+3//1+1:5, in older ones 3+3//1+1:2 (
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d). More developed tadpoles are darker than younger stages. Tadpoles do not exceed a total length of
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(
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being tail;
<bibRefCitation id="5841C5E8FFE8FFB1D55EF91B42380FA6" author="Lamotte" box="[637,871,1728,1754]" pageId="39" pageNumber="46" refString="Lamotte, M., Perret, J. - L. &amp; Dzieduszycka, S. (1959) Contribution a l'etude des Batraciens de l'Ouest africain. - IX. Les formes larvaires de Petropedetes palmipes, Conraua goliath et Acanthixalus spinosus. Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique Noire, Serie A, 21, 762 - 776." type="journal article" year="1959">
Lamotte
<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE8FFB1D5C6F91B427F0FA5" box="[741,800,1728,1753]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">et al.</emphasis>
1959
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE8FFB1D7E7F93E40D50F83" bold="true" box="[196,394,1765,1791]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Natural history.</emphasis>
Very little data on the biology of this species has been published. Specimens were caught at night in primary forest among stones in a stream. Clutches were found glued to rocks (
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).
<bibRefCitation id="5841C5E8FFE8FFB1D203F8D040790E36" pageId="39" pageNumber="46" refString="Gossmann, V., Lotters, S., Obame, F. &amp; Bohme, W. (2002) Zur Herpetofauna Gabuns - Teil II: Kommentierte Artenliste der gefundenen Reptilien, Bemerkungen zur Artenvielfalt. Herpetofauna, 24, 19 - 33." type="journal article">
Gossmann
<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE8FFB1D7B4F8EB41950E35" box="[151,202,1840,1865]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">et al</emphasis>
. (2002)
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explains that both eggs and larvae occur on submerged rocks.
<bibRefCitation id="5841C5E8FFE8FFB1D327F8EB45A30E36" box="[1028,1276,1840,1866]" pageId="39" pageNumber="46" refString="Lamotte, M., Perret, J. - L. &amp; Dzieduszycka, S. (1959) Contribution a l'etude des Batraciens de l'Ouest africain. - IX. Les formes larvaires de Petropedetes palmipes, Conraua goliath et Acanthixalus spinosus. Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique Noire, Serie A, 21, 762 - 776." type="journal article">
Lamotte
<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE8FFB1D34EF8EB45FF0E35" box="[1133,1184,1840,1865]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">et al</emphasis>
. (1959)
</bibRefCitation>
find tadpoles of
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE8FFB1D79BF88D401C0E13" box="[184,323,1878,1903]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">P. palmipes</emphasis>
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in stagnant parts of rivers beneath small rapids.
<bibRefCitation id="5841C5E8FFE8FFB1D4B7F88D45170E0C" author="Schiotz" box="[916,1096,1878,1904]" pageId="39" pageNumber="47" refString="Schiotz, A. (1966) On a collection of Amphibia from Nigeria. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening I Kobenhavn, 129, 43 - 48." type="journal article" year="1966">Schiøtz (1966)</bibRefCitation>
describes similarities in the morphology of advanced larval stages of
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE8FFB1D58BF8A042640EE8" box="[680,827,1915,1940]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">P. palmipes</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE8FFB1D459F8A045190EE8" box="[890,1094,1915,1940]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">P. cameronensis</emphasis>
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, possessing identical teeth formulae.
<bibRefCitation id="5841C5E8FFE8FFB1D633F87B40E10EC6" author="Schiotz" box="[272,446,1952,1978]" pageId="39" pageNumber="47" refString="Schiotz, A. (1966) On a collection of Amphibia from Nigeria. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening I Kobenhavn, 129, 43 - 48." type="journal article" year="1966">Schiøtz (1966)</bibRefCitation>
interprets the different tadpole mouth development as a change in biology, younger larvae being rheophilous and older ones semiterrestrial, scraping algae off stones. The full webbing of adults points to a more aquatic life history, at least in post-metamorphs. The call of
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED33FFF4345FC09CD" box="[1052,1187,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">P. palmipes</emphasis>
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is not known (
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).
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED7E7FF3940300980" bold="true" box="[196,367,226,252]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Distribution.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED65BFF3943CB0987" box="[376,660,226,251]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Petropedetes palmipes</emphasis>
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occurs mainly in lowland areas (
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). It has been found in southern
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(
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), in
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(de la
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;
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Lasso
<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED35CFED345E9085D" box="[1151,1206,264,289]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">et al</emphasis>
. 2002
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) and
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(
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Lötters
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. 2001
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;
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). The
<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED5DAFEF642DF083A" box="[761,896,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">P. p a l m i p e s</emphasis>
record from western
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by
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is based on a
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED6D2FE8943020817" box="[497,605,338,363]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">P. perreti</emphasis>
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specimen (not known at that time).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED7E7FEAC406208ED" bold="true" box="[196,317,375,401]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Genetics.</emphasis>
The genetic comparison for the uncorrected p-distances of the mitochondrial 16S rRNAfragment (Table 4) gave the following results for the single genetic voucher of
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED362FE46441308CA" box="[1089,1356,413,438]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Petropedetes palmipes</emphasis>
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which we could use for this gentic comparison: interspecific differences to
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED49FFE19451D08A7" box="[956,1090,450,475]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">P. palmipes</emphasis>
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and all other Central African
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED7B4FE3340700B7D" box="[151,303,488,513]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Petropedetes</emphasis>
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taxa ranged between 7.80%-11.76%.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="74CAEB92FFE7FFBED7E7FDD645710A7B" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" type="description">
<paragraph id="3C6FB819FFE7FFBED7E7FDD645710A7B" blockId="40.[151,1437,152,775]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED7E7FDD640950B5B" bold="true" box="[196,458,525,551]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Systematic remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED6F0FDD643BB0B5A" box="[467,740,525,550]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Petropedetes palmipes</emphasis>
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is one of two fully webbed Central African
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED223FDD644C30B5A" box="[1280,1436,525,550]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Petropedetes</emphasis>
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species; the other one being
<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED6C7FDE943140B37" box="[484,587,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">P. p e r re t i</emphasis>
. By the amount of webbing it can easily be differentiated from the halfwebbed species
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED643FD8343790B0D" box="[352,550,600,625]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">P. cameronensis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED547FD83421A0B0D" box="[612,837,600,625]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">P. juliawurstnerae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED46DFD8C42EE0B0D" bold="true" box="[846,945,599,625]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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and the rudimentary-webbed species
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED2A5FD8340400BEA" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">P. euskircheni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED604FDA640D90BEB" bold="true" box="[295,390,637,663]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED6B5FDA6437C0BEA" box="[406,547,637,662]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">P. johnstoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED510FDA643F70BEA" box="[563,680,637,662]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">P. parkeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED5C0FDA642070BEA" box="[739,856,637,662]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">P. vulpiae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED442FDA6429F0BEB" bold="true" box="[865,960,637,663]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
<taxonomicName id="FBD0C39AFFE7FFBED4EAFDA6450D0BEA" box="[969,1106,637,662]" class="Amphibia" family="Petropedetidae" genus="Petropedetes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="palmipes">
<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED4EAFDA6450D0BEA" box="[969,1106,637,662]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">P. palmipes</emphasis>
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can be easily distinguished from the fully webbed species
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED6DEFD7943360BC7" box="[509,617,674,699]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">P. perreti</emphasis>
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by the size of the tympanum, which is very small and rather indistinct in both sexes of
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED642FD1340B30B9D" box="[353,492,712,737]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">P. palmipes</emphasis>
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, while it is large and distinct in
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED45AFD1342B50B9D" box="[889,1002,712,737]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">P. perreti</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="A4EBA49CFFE7FFBED4D8FD1345100B9E" box="[1019,1103,712,738]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="31.[151,255,1875,1899]" captionTargetBox="[214,1373,306,1854]" captionTargetId="figure@31.[214,1374,306,1854]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURE 8. Life coloration of Central African Petropedetes with developed webbing: a) Petropedetes perreti (male: Mt. Manengouba, Cameroon; female: Nguengue, Mt. Nlonako, Cameroon), b) P. cameronensis (left: Limbe, Cameroon; right: Rhoko-forest, Nigeria), c) P. juliawurstnerae sp. nov. (male and female: Nyasoso, Mt. Kupe, Cameroon, d) P. palmipes (left male: Monte Alen, Equatorial Guinea; photo: I. de la Riva; right male: Bipindi, Cameroon; photo: H. - W. Herrmann)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/193296/files/figure.png" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Figs. 8</figureCitation>
a, 8d). In addition breeding males of
<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED621FD3640360A7A" box="[258,361,749,774]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">P. p e r re t i</emphasis>
possess a tympanic papilla, which is lacking in
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<emphasis id="0EA4640BFFE7FFBED482FD3645780A7A" box="[929,1063,749,774]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">P. palmipes</emphasis>
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.
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