Biology:Phrynobatrachus elberti
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Phrynobatrachidae |
| Genus: | Phrynobatrachus |
| Species: | P. elberti
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| Phrynobatrachus elberti (Ahl, 1925)
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Phrynobatrachus elberti is a species of frog in the family Phrynobatrachidae. It is endemic to the Central African Republic and only known from its type locality, Bouala (originally spelled "Buala"), at 998 m (3,274 ft) above sea level on the Ouham River.[1][2][3] The specific name elberti honours Johannes Elbert, a German naturalist who visited Kamerun in 1914.[4] Common name Elbert's river frog has been coined for this species.[2][5]
Taxonomy
Phrynobatrachus elberti was described as Hylarthroleptis elberti by German zoologist Ernst Ahl in 1925 based on seventeen syntypes.[3] It was transferred to Phrynobatrachus in 1938 by Kurt Deckert.[2] There are doubts about its taxonomic validity.[1]
Description
Phrynobatrachus elberti resembles Phrynobatrachus graueri and Phrynobatrachus brongersmai, but has interorbital space that is about twice as wide as the upper eyelid.[6]
Ecology
There are no observations of this species after its discovery, and its ecology is essentially unknown.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2014). "Phrynobatrachus elberti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T58108A3065443. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T58108A3065443.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/58108/3065443. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Phrynobatrachus elberti (Ahl, 1925)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Phrynobatrachidae/Phrynobatrachus/Phrynobatrachus-elberti.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Frétey, T. (2007). "Provenance de trois espèces de Phrynobatrachus d'Afrique centrale décrites par Ahl en 1925 (Anura, Ranidae)" (in fr). Alytes 25 (1/2): 83–85. ProQuest 1318922366.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=QJY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA63.
- ↑ "Phrynobatrachus elberti (Ahl, 1925)". African Amphibians. http://africanamphibians.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/1535.
- ↑ Parker, H. W. (1936). "Amphibians from Liberia and the Gold Coast". Zoologische Mededelingen 19: 87–102. http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/150713.
Wikidata ☰ Q2245523 entry
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