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Phrynobatrachus arcanus Gvoždík, Nečas, Dolinay, Zimkus, Schmitz, and Fokam, 2020.
Phrynobatrachus arcanus Gvoždík, Nečas, Dolinay, Zimkus, Schmitz, and Fokam, 2020, PeerJ, 8 (e8393): 16. Holotype: NMP-P6V 74603/1, by original designation. Type locality: "Nigeria–Cameroon border area, Gotel Mountains, Mount Gangirwal (= Chappal Waddi or Cabbal Wade), site 2 (pond in small stream surrounded by shrubs on grassland slope), 7.0398°N, 11.7068°E, 2,250 m". urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:C9921DC5-52CE-4CDF-A0A5-AE77D044299A
English Names
Hidden Puddle Frog (original publication).
Distribution
Known only from Mount Gangirwal, Gotel Mountains, Cameroon–Nigeria border, where the species was found at two sites, approximately 2 km from eachother (1.1 km by air), at elevations 1,940 and 2,250 m.
Comment
In the Phrynobatrachus arcanus group according to the original publication.
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