01449nas a2200145   4500008004100000245014000041210006900181260001300250300001200263490000700275520092900282100002401211700001401235856005401249       2002                        eng d00aA new Phrynobatrachus from the Upper Guinean rain forest, West Africa, including a description of a new reproductive mode for the genus0 anew Phrynobatrachus from the Upper Guinean rain forest West Afri  cDecember  a561-5710 v363 a<p>We describe a new species of Phrynobatrachus from the Western part of the Upper Guinean rain forest, West Africa. Phrynobatrachus phyllophilus sp. nov. differs from all other known West African Phrynobatrachus by a combination of morphological and acoustical characters. It is most similar to Phrynobatrachus guineensis from which P. phyllophilus is distinguished by its almost white belly, presence of only one dark bar on femur and tibia, shape of the thumb in reproductive males, advertisement call, reproductive mode, and selection of different forest types. Phrynobatrachus phyllophilus is the first known species of the genus that deposits small clutches of eggs rich in yolk on leaves, in close vicinity to extremely small puddles on the forest floor. Its preferred habitats are swampy areas of primary rain forest. We also describe the tadpole of P. phyllophilus and the advertisement call of P. guineensis.</p>
1 aRödel, Mark-Oliver1 aErnst, R.  uhttps://africanamphibians.myspecies.info/node/351