Phrynobatrachus intermedius Rödel, Ofori-Boateng, Penner, and Hillers, 2009

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Phrynobatrachidae > Genus: Phrynobatrachus > Species: Phrynobatrachus intermedius

Phrynobatrachus intermedius Rödel, Ofori-Boateng, Penner, and Hillers, 2009, Zootaxa, 1970: 54. Holotype: ZMB 71538, by original designation. Type locality: "primary forest near stream, partly swampy, Ankasa Conservation Area, N 5°16.642′, W 02°38.253′, Ghana".

English Names

Intermediate Puddle Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 274).

Distribution

Known only from two sites in the Ankasa Reserve in southwestern Ghana.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ghana

Endemic: Ghana

Comment

Most similar to Phrynobatrachus liberiensis and Phrynobatrachus plicatus, and most closely related to Phrynobatrachus liberiensis, according to the original publication. In species group C of Zimkus, Rödel, and Hillers, 2010, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 55: 883-900, and suggested to be the sister taxon of Phrynobatrachus liberiensisChanning and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 274–275, provided a brief account and range map. In the Phrynobatrachus natalensis group of Goutte, Reyes-Velasco, and Boissinot, 2019, ZooKeys, 824: 53–70.

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