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Phrynobatrachus jimzimkusi Zimkus, Gvoždík, and Gonwouo, 2013
Phrynobatrachus jimzimkusi Zimkus, Gvoždík, and Gonwouo in Zimkus and Gvoždík, 2013, Zool. Scripta, 42: 597. Holotype: MCZ A-136904, by original designation. Type locality: "CAMEROON, West Province, below Mt. Bamboutos summit, 5° 39′ 41.0′′ N, 10°07′37.9′′E, 2050 m elevation".
Common Names
Jim Zimkus' Puddle Frog (original publication).
Distribution
Submontane and montane regions (1300–2900 m elevation) of Mount Manengouba, Bamboutos Mountains, Mount Lefo and Mount Oku in Cameroon and the Obudu Plateau in Nigera.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Cameroon, Nigeria
Comment
Previously confused with Phrynobatrachus steindachneri according to the original publication. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 280–281, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. In the Phrynobatrachus natalensis group of Goutte, Reyes-Velasco, and Boissinot, 2019, ZooKeys, 824: 53–70. In the Phrynobatracus steindachneri group according to Gvoždík, Nečas, Dolinay, Zimkus, Schmitz, and Fokam, 2020, PeerJ, 8 (e8393): 1–52. Dolinay, Nečas, Zimkus, Schmitz, Fokam, Lemmon, Lemmon, and Gvoždík, 2021, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 163 (107258): 1–19, discussed phylogenetics, speciation, and hybridization with Phrynobatrachus amieti, as part of a general discussion of speciation within the Phrynobatrachus steindachneri complex.
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