Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Rana goliath Boulenger, 1906, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 7, 17: 317. Type(s): BMNH. Type locality: "Efulen", South Cameroon.

Gigantorana goliath — Noble, 1931, Biol. Amph.: 519.

Paleorana goliath — Scortecci, 1931, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano, 70: 17.

Rana (Conraua) goliath — Parker, 1936, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1936: 138.

Conraua goliath — Lamotte, Perret, and Dzieduszycka, 1959, Bull. Inst. Franç. Afr. Noire, Ser. A, 21: 762. Perret, 1960, Bull. Soc. Neuchatel. Sci. Nat., 83: 95.

English Names

Goliath Frog (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 122).

Giant Slippery Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 98).

Distribution

Southwestern Cameroon (region of Nkongsamba) and south to Monte Alen in mainland Equatorial Guinea, below 1000 m elevation.

Comment

See Perret, 1957, Bull. Soc. Neuchatel. Sci. Nat., 80: 195-202; and Perret, 1966, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 93: 335-336. 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. 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: 478.

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