Phrynobatrachus phyllophilus Rödel and Ernst, 2002
Phrynobatrachus phyllophilus Rödel and Ernst, 2002, J. Herpetol., 36: 563. Holotype: SMNS 9721.1, by original designation. Type locality: "Taď National Park, Ivory Coast, SRET station, swampy area in primary rain forest, 5° 50′ N, 7° 20′ W".
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Moderate elevation rainforest from central Sierra Leone through Liberia, southern Guinea, to southwestern Ivory Coast, to ca. 1000 m elevation.
Comment
Confused with Phrynobatrachus guineensis in most literature prior to its description and most similar to Phrynobatrachus guineensis, according to the original publication. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 628. In species group C of Zimkus, Rödel, and Hillers, 2010, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 55: 883-900.
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