Odontobatrachus fouta Barej, Schmitz, Penner, Doumbia, Brede, Hillers, and Rödel, 2015

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Odontobatrachidae > Genus: Odontobatrachus > Species: Odontobatrachus fouta

Odontobatrachus fouta Barej, Schmitz, Penner, Doumbia, Brede, Hillers, and Rödel in Barej, Schmitz, Penner, Doumbia, Sandberger-Loua, Hirschfeld, Brede, Emmrich, Kouamé, Hillers, Gonwouo, Nopper, Adeba, Bangoura, Gage, Anderson, and Rödel, 2015, Zoosyst. Evol., 91: 135. Holotype: ZMB 78314, by original designation. Type locality: "Republic of Guinea, Fouta Djallon, Labé, Sala (Latitude: 11.29389; Longitude: ‑12.50178), 916 m a.s.l.". http://zoobank.org/D7A22E4A-430A-45E6-81DC-8E0792B442A2 

English Names

Fouta Djallon Torrent-frog (original publication). 

Fouta Djallon Toothed Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 314). 

Distribution

Restricted to isolated peaks in the central Fouta Djallon Highlands in western Guinea, 650 to 900 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Guinea

Endemic: Guinea

Comment

 Doumbia, Sandberger-Loua, Schulze, and Rödel, 2018, Alytes, 36: 63–92, described larval morphology. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 314–315, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map.  

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