Phrynobatrachus elberti

Phrynobatrachus elberti is a species of frog in the family Phrynobatrachidae. It is endemic to the Central African Republic and only known from its type locality, Bouala (originally spelled "Buala"), at 998 m (3,274 ft) above sea level on the Ouham River.[1][2][3] The specific name elberti honours Johannes Elbert, a German naturalist who visited Kamerun in 1914.[4] Common name Elbert's river frog has been coined for this species.[2][5]

Bouala in the Central African Republic
Bouala in the Central African Republic
Phrynobatrachus elberti is only known from the holotype collected from Bouala in the Central African Republic

Phrynobatrachus elberti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Phrynobatrachidae
Genus: Phrynobatrachus
Species:
P. elberti
Binomial name
Phrynobatrachus elberti
(Ahl, 1925)
Synonyms[2]
  • Hylarthroleptis elberti Ahl, 1925 "1923"

Taxonomy

Phrynobatrachus elberti was described as Hylarthroleptis elberti by German zoologist Ernst Ahl in 1925 based on seventeen syntypes.[3] It was transferred to Phrynobatrachus in 1938 by Kurt Deckert.[2] There are doubts about its taxonomic validity.[1]

Description

Phrynobatrachus elberti resembles Phrynobatrachus graueri and Phrynobatrachus brongersmai, but has interorbital space that is about twice as wide as the upper eyelid.[6]

Ecology

There are no observations of this species after its discovery, and its ecology is essentially unknown.[1]

References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2014). "Phrynobatrachus elberti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T58108A3065443. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T58108A3065443.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Phrynobatrachus elberti (Ahl, 1925)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  3. Frétey, T. (2007). "Provenance de trois espèces de Phrynobatrachus d'Afrique centrale décrites par Ahl en 1925 (Anura, Ranidae)". Alytes (in French). 25 (1/2): 83–85. ProQuest 1318922366.
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8.
  5. "Phrynobatrachus elberti (Ahl, 1925)". African Amphibians. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  6. Parker, H. W. (1936). "Amphibians from Liberia and the Gold Coast". Zoologische Mededelingen. 19: 87–102.
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