Phrynobatrachus scapularis (De Witte, 1933)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Phrynobatrachidae > Genus: Phrynobatrachus > Species: Phrynobatrachus scapularis

Arthroleptis scapularis De Witte, 1933, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 24: 100. Holotype: MRAC 7740, according to Grandison, 1985, in Frost (ed.), Amph. Species World: 450. Type locality: "Buta (Uele)", northeastern Dem. Rep. Congo.

Phrynobatrachus scapularisLaurent, 1941, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 34: 207.

English Names

Buta River Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 104).

Buta Puddle Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 306). 

Distribution

Northern and northeastern Dem. Rep. Congo.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Endemic: Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Comment

Discussed by Inger, 1968, Explor. Parc Natl. Garamba, Miss. H. de Saeger, 52: 102–106. Frétey, 2008, Alytes, 25: 99–172, summarized the literature. Not addressed by Zimkus, Rödel, and Hillers, 2010, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 55: 883–900, so not assigned to species group. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 306–307, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. 

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