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Petropedetes johnstoni (Boulenger, 1888)
Cornufer johnstoni Boulenger, 1888 "1887", Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1887: 564. Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.7.44 (originally 1922.3.3.1), according to museum records. Type locality: "Rio del Rey" (= river Ndian), western Cameroon.
Cornufer johnstoni — Werner, 1898, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 48: 200. In error considered a new name and junior primary homonym of Cornufer johnstoni Boulenger, 1888, Parker, 1936, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1936: 147, when it is actually a subsequent usage of the senior name.
Petropedetes johnstoni — Boulenger, 1900, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1900: 439; Deckert, 1938, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1938: 149.
English Names
Johnston's Water Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 103).
Johnston's Torrent Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 320).
Distribution
Southwestern and southern Cameroon, possibly into Gabon.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Cameroon
Endemic: Cameroon
Comment
See comment under Petropedetes parkeri. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status (in the sense of including Petropedetes newtonii) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 627. Barej, Rödel, Gonwouo, Pauwels, Böhme, and Schmitz, 2010, Zootaxa, 2340: 4–13, provided an account and revision (also in the sense of including Petropedetes newtonii). Channing, Rödel, and Channing, 2012, Tadpoles of Africa: 267, provided information on comparative larval morphology. Barej, Rödel, Loader, Menegon, Gonwouo, Penner, Gvoždík, Günther, Bell, Nagel, and Schmitz, 2014, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 71: 268, noted two unnamed species masquerading under this name, one of which is now Petropedetes newtonii.
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