Petropedetes parkeri Amiet, 1983
Petropedetes parkeri Amiet, 1983, Rev. Suisse Zool., 90: 458. Holotype: BMNH 1936.3.4.124, by original designation. Type locality: "Atolo (región de Mamfe)", Cameroon.
English Names
Parker's Water Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 103).
Distribution
Western Cameroon and eastern Nigeria, below 1000 m elevation; possibly to Equatorial Guinea and Gabon (see comment).
Comment
Specimens incorrectly allocated to Petropedetes johnstoni prior to description of Petropedetes parkeri. Gabon record by Lötters, Gossmann, Obame, and Böhme, 2001, Herpetofauna, Weinstadt, 23: 26. De la Riva, 1994, Rev. Esp. Herpetol., 8: 132, 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. Barej, Rödel, Gonwouo, Pauwels, Böhme, and Schmitz, 2010, Zootaxa, 2340: 17-22, provided an account and revision and allocated only specimens from western Cameroon and eastern Nigeria to this species with records from Equatorial Guinea and Gabon possibly belonging to Petropedetes euskircheni.
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