Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis (Angel, 1943)
Nectophrynoides occidentalis Angel, 1943, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 2, 15: 167. Holotype: MNHNP 44149, according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 16. Type locality: "Serengbara (forêt primaire) près du Mont Nimba", Guinea.
Nectophrynoides liberiensis Xavier, 1979 "1978", Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 103: 432. Holotype: MNHNP 1978.3088, by original designation. Type locality: "au plateau de la mine à 1290 m d'altitude, Monts Nimba, Liberia"; type locality now destroyed by mining activities according to Sandberger, Hillers, Doumbia, Loua, Brede, and Rödel, 2010, Zootaxa, 2355: 56-68, who made the synonymy.
Nimbaphrynoides liberiensis — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 27.
Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 27.
Nectophrynoides occidentalis occidentalis — Sandberger, Hillers, Doumbia, Loua, Brede, and Rödel, 2010, Zootaxa, 2355: 56.
Nectophrynoides occidentalis liberiensis — Sandberger, Hillers, Doumbia, Loua, Brede, and Rödel, 2010, Zootaxa, 2355: 56.
English Names
Western Nimba Toad (Nectophrynoides occidentalis: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 45)
Mt. Nimba Viviparous Toad (Nectophrynoides occidentalis: Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 43; CITES).
Western Nimba Toad(CITES).
Mt. Nimba Viviparous Toad (CITES).
African Viviparous Toads (CITES).
Liberia Nimba Toad (Nectophrynoides liberiensis: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 45).
Distribution
Mount Nimba region of Liberia, Ivory Coast, and Guinea.
Comment
See brief comments by Rödel, Bangoura, and Böhme, 2004, Herpetozoa, 17: 103-105, regarding range and natural history. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 198-199 (as Nimaphrynoides liberiensis and Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis). Sandberger, Hillers, Doumbia, Loua, Brede, and Rödel, 2010, Zootaxa, 2355: 56-68, discussed geographic variation in the Mont Nimba region.
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