Leptopelis calcaratus (Boulenger, 1906)
Hylambates calcaratus Boulenger, 1906, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 7, 17: 322. Syntypes: BMNH, by original designation. Type locality: "Efulen", Cameroon, and "Cape St. John and the Rio Benito District (Spanish West Africa [= Equatorial Guinea]".
Leptopelis calcaratus — Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 234, 237, 332.
Leptopelis (Leptopelis) calcaratus — Laurent, 1941, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 35: 94.
Leptopelis calcaratus calcaratus — Laurent, 1973, Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Cent., Tervuren, Ser. Octavo, Sci. Zool., 202: 50.
Leptopelis calcaratus meridionalis Laurent, 1973, Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Cent., Tervuren, Ser. Octavo, Sci. Zool., 202: 50. Holotype: MRAC 115147, by original designation. Type locality: "Omaniundu, Terr. de Lodja, Sankuru, Zaïre".
English Names
Efulen Forest Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 69).
Distribution
Dense forest from southeastern Nigeria through southern Cameroon to eastern Dem. Rep. Congo, south through much of Gabon and northern Rep. Congo.
Comment
De la Riva, 1994, Rev. Esp. Herpetol., 8: 130, provided a record for Equatorial Guinea. Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo, and De la Riva, 2002, Graellsia, 58: 21-34, provided notes on ecological distribution in Equatorial Guinea. Schiĝtz, 1963, Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. Foren., 125: 87, provided records for Nigeria. Frétey, Barriere, and Ohler, 2006, Herpetol. Rev., 37: 358, provided a record for the Central African Republic and delimited the range. Jackson and Blackburn, 2007, Salamandra, 43: 149-164, provided a record for Nouabale-Ndoki National Park, Rep. Congo. See account for Cameroon by Amiet, 2012, Rainettes Cameroun: 492-498.
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