Phrynobatrachus danko Blackburn, 2010
This species is named for the type locality, the Kurmin Danko Forest Reserve.
This species is currently not assessed, but according to Blackburn (2010), it should be considered Data Deficient.
It is likely that this species is threatened by anthropogenic modification of its forest habitat (Blackburn, 2010).
This species is similar to many others in the genus with a pale to medium brown dorsum and chevron-shaped glands behind the eyes. Venter is coloration ranges from orangey to pale yellow with flecks or small spots of dark grey, and the ventral surface of the limbs is pinkish. Females exhibit a similar throat color as the ventral surface. Males exhibit a dark throat with small white or grey spines.
P. danko forms a clade with P. werneri and P. manengoubensis (Blackburn, 2010). These three species are part of a much larger clade identified by Zimkus (2009) that is restricted to the mountains of the Cameroon Volcanic Line and the associated lowlands.
Blackburn (2010) outlines the ways that this species differs from other puddle frogs in Cameroon and Nigeria.
This is a medium sized species with male snout-vent lengths measuring 19.6-21.8 mm (Blackburn, 2010).
This species tested negative for the presence of the chytrid fungus Batracochytrium dendrobatidis (Blackburn, 2010).
This species is currently known only from the Kurmin Danko Forest Reserve on the western edge of the Mambilla Plateau in Nigeria.