Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Hylambates leonardi Boulenger, 1906 "1905", Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, Ser. 3, 2: 167. Syntypes: 2 specimens, MSNG and BMNH; MSNG 29945 designated lectotype by Capocaccia, 1957, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, Ser. 3, 69: 218. Type locality: "Punta Frailes, Fernando Po" (= Bioko, Equatorial Guinea) and "N'Djolè, French Congo [= Ndjolé, Gabon]"; restricted to "Punta Frailes", Bioko, Equatorial Guinea, by Mertens, 1938, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 442: 22; restricted to "N'Djolè", Gabon, by lectotype designation.

Phlyctimantis leonardi — Laurent and Combaz, 1950, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 43: 274.

Hylambates leonardi — Guibé and Lamotte, 1958, Mem. Inst. Franç. Afr. Noire, 53: 269.

Kassina (Phlyctimantis) leonardi — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 38.

English Names

Olive Striped Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 69).

Distribution

Rainforests of west-central Africa from Congo drainage of Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rep. Congo, and western Dem. Rep. Congo; presumably in the Cabinda enclave of Angola.

Comment

See comment under Phlyctimantis verrucosus. Reviewed by Perret, 1986, Bull. Soc. Neuchatel. Sci. Nat., 109: 19-26. Laurent, 1976, Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Cent., Tervuren, Ser. Octavo, Sci. Zool., 213: 21-23, provided and account. De la Riva, 1994, Rev. Esp. Herpetol., 8: 130, provided a record for Equatorial Guinea. Frétey and Blanc, 2001, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 126: 383, reported this species from Gabon. See comment under Phlyctimantis boulengeri. Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo, and De la Riva, 2002, Graellsia, 58: 21-34, provided notes on ecological distribution in Equatorial Guinea. Gvoždík and Kopecký, 2012, Herpetol. Rev., 43: 98, provided a record for Cameroon and commented on the range. See account for Cameroon by Amiet, 2012, Rainettes Cameroun: 424-431.

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