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Astylosternus laticephalus Rödel, Hillers, Leaché, Kouamé, Ofori-Boateng, Diaz, and Sandberger, 2012
Astylosternus laticephalus Rödel, Hillers, Leaché, Kouamé, Ofori-Boateng, Diaz, and Sandberger In Rödel, Barej, Hillers, Leaché, Kouamé, Ofori-Boateng, Assemian, Gonwouo, Nopper, Brede, Diaz, Fujita, Gil, Segniagbeto, Ernst, and Sandberger-Loua, 2012, Zootaxa, 3245: 16. Holotype: ZMB 75449, by original designation. Type locality: "Ghana, Atewa Forest Reserve, 6.23375 / - 0.56557 . . . , forest around stream next to road".
Common Names
Wide-headed Night Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 232).
Distribution
Southern Ghana (Afao Hills Forest Reserve, Draw River Forest Reserve, Ankas Conservation Area, and Atewa Range) to southeastern Ivory Coast (Banco National Park).
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Ghana, Ivory Coast
Comment
The sister taxon of Astylosternus occidentalis and confused with that species prior to its naming according to the original publication. Channing, Rödel, and Channing, 2012, Tadpoles of Africa: 91–92, reported on comparative tadpole morphology. Griesbaum, Hirschfeld, Barej, Schmitz, Rohrmoser, Dahmen, Mühlberger, Liedtke, Gonwouo, Doumbia, and Rödel, 2019, Zoosyst. Evol., 95: 133–160, redescribed larval morphology. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 232–233, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map.
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