Chrysobatrachus Laurent, 1951
Chrysobatrachus Laurent, 1951, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 44: 376. Type species: Chrysobatrachus cupreonitens Laurent, 1951, by monotypy.
English Names
Itombwe Golden Frogs (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 66).
Distribution
As for the single species.
Comment
Laurent, 1964, Evolution, 18: 458-467, suggested a close relationship with Hyperolius. Drewes, 1984, Occas. Pap. California Acad. Sci., 139: 39, concluded that Chrysobatrachus was the sister-taxon of Acanthixalus + Callixalus. See account by Schiøtz, 1999, Treefrogs Afr.: 89-90.
Contained taxa
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