Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Megalixalus weidholzi Mertens, 1938, Zool. Anz., 123: 244. Holotype: NHMW 16811 according to Häupl and Tiedemann, 1978, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 2: 25. Type locality: "10 km südlich Diénoundialla, Senegal".

Megalixalus schoutedeni Laurent, 1941, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 35: 130. Holotype: MRAC 2437, by original designation. Type locality: "Dramba (Ituri)", Dem. Rep. Congo. Synonymy by Laurent, 1951, Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg., 82: 28.

Megalixalus (Afrixalus) schoutedeni — Laurent, 1944, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 38: 113-114.

Afrixalus weidholzi — Guibé, 1948, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 2, 20: 500. by implication.

Afrixalus schoutedeni — Guibé, 1948, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 2, 20: 501.

Afrixalus weidholzi — Laurent, 1951, Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg., 82: 28.

Afrixalus wiedholzi — Loveridge, 1956, Mem. Inst. Franç. Afr. Noire, 48: 164. Incorrect subsequent spelling.

English Names

Weidholz's Banana Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 66).

Distribution

Isolated records from Gambia, Senegal, Togo, Ghana, north-central Cameroon, and southern Mali to northeastern Dem. Rep. Congo (on the South Sudan border) in savannas.

Comment

See account by Inger, 1968, Explor. Parc Natl. Garamba, Miss. H. de Saeger, 52: 135. Rödel, 2000, Herpetofauna W. Afr., 1: 238242, provided an account. Padial and De la Riva, 2004, Rev. Esp. Herpetol., 18: 96, suggested that this species will be found in southern Mauritania. Wanger, 2005, Salamandra, 41: 27-33, provided Gambia records, as did Emms, Jambang, Bah, Mankali, Rödel, and Barnett, 2005, Herpetol. Bull., London, 94: 6-16. Segniagbeto, Bowessidjaou, Dubois, and Ohler, 2007, Alytes, 24: 76, commented on the presence of this species in Togo. Amiet, 2009, Rev. Suisse Zool., 116: 53-92, provided an account for Cameroon. See account for Cameroon by Amiet, 2012, Rainettes Cameroun: 106-110.

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