Afrixalus paradorsalis Perret, 1960
Afrixalus congicus paradorsalis Perret, 1960, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 61: 370. Holotype: MHNG 991.50 according to Schätti and Perret, 1997, Rev. Suisse Zool., 104: 358. Type locality: "Foulassi, Cameroun".
Afrixalus paradorsalis — Perret, 1976, Bull. Soc. Neuchatel. Sci. Nat., 99: 28.
Afrixalus paradorsalis paradorsalis — Amiet, 2009, Rev. Suisse Zool., 116: 63.
Afrixalus paradorsalis manengubensis — Amiet, 2009, Rev. Suisse Zool., 116: 63. Holotype: MHNG 2709.53, by original designation. Type locality: "Mwakoumal (= Mouakoumal), environ 1200 m, versant sud du Mont Manengouba, Cameroun".
English Names
Foulassi Banana Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 66).
Distribution
Brushland from southeastern Nigeria east of the Cross River, in southern Cameroon and Gabon as well as in Equatorial Guinea; presumably to be found in adjacent Central African Republic and Rep. Congo.
Comment
See Perret, 1976, Bull. Soc. Neuchatel. Sci. Nat., 99: 28, for revalidation of species status. Schiøtz, 1963, Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. Foren., 125: 48, provided a record for Nigeria. Frétey and Blanc, 2001, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 126: 382, reported this species from Gabon. Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo, and De la Riva, 2002, Graellsia, 58: 21-34, provided notes on ecological distribution in Equatorial Guinea. See account for Cameroon by Amiet, 2009, Rev. Suisse Zool., 116: 53-92. See account for Cameroon by Amiet, 2012, Rainettes Cameroun: 76-87.
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