Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Phrynomantis microps Peters, 1875, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1875: 210. Holotype: ZMB 6437, according to Bauer, Günther, and Robeck, 1996, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 72: 267. Type locality: "Goldküste (Accra)", Ghana.

Phrynomerus bifasciatus microps — De Witte and Laurent, 1942, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 36: 102.

Phrynomerus microps — Schmidt and Inger, 1959, Explor. Parc Natl. Upemba, Miss. G.F. de Witte, 56: 188. Schiøtz, 1964, Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. Foren., 127: 17; Lamotte, 1967, Bull. Inst. Fondam. Afr. Noire, Ser. A, 29: 274.

Phrynomantis microps — Dubois, 1988, Alytes, 7: 1-5.

English Names

Accra Snake-necked Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 91).

Red Rubber Frog (Emms, Jambang, Bah, Mankali, Rödel, and Barnett, 2005, Herpetol. Bull., London, 94: 14).

Distribution

Savannas of West and Central Africa to the Central African Republic.

Comment

Regarded by some authors (e.g., Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 86) as conspecific with Phrynomantis bifasciatus. See account by Inger, 1968, Explor. Parc Natl. Garamba, Miss. H. de Saeger, 52: 45. Rödel, 2000, Herpetofauna W. Afr., 1: 267-273, provided an account and mentioned a number of misidentifications in the literature. 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. Schiøtz, 1963, Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. Foren., 125: 88, provided records for Nigeria. Emms, Jambang, Bah, Mankali, Rödel, and Barnett, 2005, Herpetol. Bull., London, 94: 6-16, provided records for Gambia.

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