Astylosternus fallax Amiet, 1978

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Arthroleptidae > Subfamily: Astylosterninae > Genus: Astylosternus > Species: Astylosternus fallax

Astylosternus fallax Amiet, 1978 "1977", Ann. Fac. Sci. Cameroun, 23–24: 133. Holotype: MHNG 1562.73 (formerly JLA 76.091) according to Amiet, 1985, in Frost (ed.), Amph. Species World: 221, and Schätti, Perret, and Mariaux, 2002, Cat. Comm. Types Amph. Rept. Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneve, Vers. 4.0 (Jan. 2002): 5. Type locality: "Fopouanga", Cameroon.

English Names

Fopouanga Night Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 37).

False Night Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 232).

Distribution

A small part of southwestern Cameroon: between Yabassi and Nkongsamba; Mount Yuhan in Korup National Park; Mount Nta Ali in the Mamfe Basin.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Cameroon

Endemic: Cameroon

Comment

In the Astylosternus perreti group of Amiet, 1978 "1977", Ann. Fac. Sci. Cameroun, 23–24: 99-227. 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: 149. Griesbaum, Hirschfeld, Barej, Schmitz, Rohrmoser, Dahmen, Mühlberger, Liedtke, Gonwouo, Doumbia, and Rödel, 2019, Zoosyst. Evol., 95: 133–160, described larval morphology of this species and an unnamed associate. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 232–233, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. 

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