Congolius robustus (Laurent, 1979)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hyperoliidae > Subfamily: Hyperoliinae > Genus: Congolius > Species: Congolius robustus

Hyperolius robustus Laurent, 1979, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 93: 783. Holotype: MRAC 79.24.B.4, by original designation. Type locality: "Gembe, Marais Koiteko, Terr. de Lodja", Sankuru, Dem. Rep. Congo.

Congolius robustus — Nečas, Badjedjea, and Gvoždik in Nečas, Badjedjea, Vopálenský, and Gvoždík, 2021, Sci. Rep. (Nature, London), 11 (8338): 5.

English Names

Gembe Reed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 68).

Robust Reed Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 192).    

Congo Frog (Nečas, Badjedjea, and Gvoždik in Nečas, Badjedjea, Vopálenský, and Gvoždík, 2021, Sci. Rep. (Nature, London), 11 (8338): 4). 

Distribution

Known from localities in Congo lowland forest, all localities on the left bank side of the Congo River, west-central and central Dem. Rep. Congo. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Endemic: Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Comment

A very brief account (as Hyperolius robustus) was provided by Schiøtz, 1999, Treefrogs Afr.: 154, and Schiøtz, 2006, Alytes, 24: 57, discussed the species. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 192–193, provided a brief account (as Hyperolius robustus), photograph, and range map.  Nečas, Badjedjea, Vopálenský, and Gvoždík, 2021, Sci. Rep. (Nature, London), 11 (8338): 1–15, provided a dot map and specific localities. Badjedjea, Masudi, Akaibe, and Gvoždík, 2022, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 16 (1: e301): 51–52, commented on a population from the Kokolopori Bonobo Nature Reserve, Tshuapa Province, Dem. Rep. Congo.

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