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   Calls of three species of arthroleptid frogs from Río Muni, Equatorial Guinea

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Ignacio De la Riva --- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain Jaime Bosch --- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain Rafael Márquez --- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain

   The calls of three anuran species in the family Arthroleptidae in the sub-family Astylosterminae from Equatorial Guinea are described including information on calling behaviour. For each species, we present a characteristic audiospectrogram and oscillogram. We also provide numerical information about...

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   Morphological and genetic variation of Leptopelis brevirostris encompasses the little-known treefrogs Leptopelis crystallinoron from Gabon and Leptopelis brevipes from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Rayna C Bell --- , , USA Patrick J McLaughlin --- , , USA Gregory FM Jongsma --- , , USA David C Blackburn --- , , USA Bryan L Stuart --- , USA

   The Central African treefrog Leptopelis brevirostris has a characteristically short and vertically truncated snout, a tooth-like process at the centre of the mandible, and unlike most species of Leptopelis, eats terrestrial gastropods. Two morphologically similar species (L. crystallinoron and L...

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3. Cardioglossa liberiensis Barbour & Loveridge 1927 is a junior synonym of Phrynobatrachus fraterculus (Chabanaud 1921)

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: DavidC. Blackburn --- Harvard University, U.S.A.

   In 1927, Barbour & Loveridge described two species of Cardioglossa based on seven specimens from Liberia: C. decorata (six specimens) and C. liberiensis. Cardioglossa decorata has long been recognized as a junior synonym of Phrynobatrachus fraterculus (Chabanaud 1921), which is...

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   External morphology and osteology support the placement of Phrynobatrachus nlonakoensis plath, Herrmann & Böhme, 2006 within the genus Arthroleptis

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: BredaM. Zimkus --- Harvard University, USA JoannaG. Larson --- Harvard University, USA

   Examination of external morphology and osteology of type material of Phrynobatrachus nlonakoensis Plath, Herrmann, and Böhme, 2006 support a recent taxonomic change, transferring the species into the genus Arthroleptis, which was recently made without examination of specimens.

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