Petropedetes vulpiae Barej, Rödel, Gonwouo, Pauwels, Böhme, and Schmitz, 2010

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Petropedetidae > Genus: Petropedetes > Species: Petropedetes vulpiae

Petropedetes vulpiae Barej, Rödel, Gonwouo, Pauwels, Böhme, and Schmitz, 2010, Zootaxa, 2340: 13. Holotype: ZFMK81623, by original designation. Type locality: "Cameroon, Mt. Nlonako, Ekomtolo, 4°51′N, 9°54′E, app. 450 m a.s.l.".

English Names

Fuch's Torrent Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 320).

Distribution

Eastern Nigeria through Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea to southern Gabon and western Rep. Congo, mostly in lowland localities, but as high as 1000 m.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Cameroon, Congo, Republic of the, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria

Comment

Confused with Petropedetes newtoni prior to its description. Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo, and De la Riva, 2002, Graellsia, 58: 21-34, provided notes (as Petropedetes newtoni) on ecological distribution in Equatorial Guinea. De la Riva, 1994, Rev. Esp. Herpetol., 8: 132, provided a record (as Petropedetes newtoni) for Equatorial Guinea. Dewynter, Chirio, Melki, Cordier, and Frétey, 2017, Cah. Fondation Biotope, 11: 20, provided a brief account and photographs of this species from the Mount Koumouna-Bouali area of Gabon. Dewynter and Frétey, 2019, Cah. Fondation Biotope, 27: 30, summarized the literature for Gabon and provided photographs (p. 60). Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 320–321, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. See brief account, range map, and photographs for Equatorial Guinea in Sánchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta, Castroviejo-Fisher, and De la Riva, 2020, Proc. California Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 66: 137–230.

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