Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Arthroleptis (Arthroleptulus) crusculum Angel, 1950, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 2, 22: 559. Holotype: MNHNP, by original designation. Type locality: "piste de Bié (altitude 1.000 mètres) au bord d'un marigot, sous forêt galerie", Mount Nimba, Guinea.

Schoutedenella crusculum — Laurent, 1954, Ann. Mus. R. Congo Belge, Tervuren, Ser. Quarto, Sci. Zool., 1: 37. R. Laurent in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 18.

Arthroleptis crusculum — Laurent, 1957, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 56: 274-275. by implication; Poynton and Broadley, 1985, Ann. Natal Mus., 26: 535-536.

Arthroleptis consculum — Gorham, 1974, Checklist World Amph.: 129. Incorrect subsequent spelling.

English Names

Guinea Screeching Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 37).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Mt. Nimba, Guinea) above 500 m elevation; presumably to be found in adjaent Liberia and Ivory Coast.

Comment

Noted to be similar to Arthroleptis poecilonotus by Perret, 1991, Bull. Soc. Neuchatel. Sci. Nat., 114: 71-76. Frétey, 2008, Alytes, 25: 99-172, summarized the literature and reported the species from Sierra Leone, but without a specific locality. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 146.

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