Phrynobatrachus pygmaeus

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| status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1

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| taxon = Phrynobatrachus pygmaeus

| authority = (Ahl, 1925)

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| Arthroleptis pygmaeus | Ahl, 1925 "1923"

| Micrarthroleptis pygmaeus | (Ahl, 1925) }}

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Phrynobatrachus pygmaeus is a species of frog in the family Phrynobatrachidae. It is endemic to the Central African Republic and is only known from its type locality, Bouala (originally spelled "Buala"), at {{convert|998|m|abbr=on}} above sea level on the Ouham River. Common name Chad river frog has been coined for this species. This name presumably reflects the earlier assumption that the type locality was in Chad, into which the Ouham River flows.

{{Location map | Central African Republic

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| caption = Phrynobatrachus pygmaeus is only known from the holotype collected from Bouala in the Central African Republic

| alt = Bouala in the Central African Republic

| lat_deg = 6.367

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Etymology

Presumably, this species is named for the Latin pygmaeus, meaning "dwarfish".

Taxonomy

Phrynobatrachus pygmaeus was described by German zoologist Ernst Ahl in 1925 based a single specimen, the holotype. Phrynobatrachus pygmaeus is the type species of the genus Micrarthroleptis erected in 1938 by {{Interlanguage link multi|Kurt Deckert|de}}. However, the genus is currently considered a synonym of Phrynobatrachus.

Description

Phrynobatrachus pygmaeus has tympanum that is indistinct. Dorsal skin is warty and has two X-shaped ridges in the scapular region.

Ecology

There are no observations of this species after its discovery, and its ecology is essentially unknown.

References

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{{cite web |url=http://africanamphibians.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/1602 |title=Phrynobatrachus pygmaeus (Ahl, 1925) |work=African Amphibians |access-date=6 September 2018}}

{{cite journal |last1=Frétey |first1=T. |year=2008 |title=Provenance de trois espèces de Phrynobatrachus d'Afrique centrale décrites par Ahl en 1925 (Anura, Ranidae) |journal=Alytes |volume=25 |issue=1/2 |pages=83–85 |language=fr |id={{ProQuest|1318922366}} }}

{{cite journal |last1=Frétey |first1=T. |year=2007 |title=Revue des genres africains Arthroleptis Smith, 1849 et Phrynobatrachus Gunther, 1862 (Amphibia, Anura) |journal=Alytes |volume=25 |issue=3/4 |pages=99–172 |language=fr |id={{ProQuest|1318921769}} }}

{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Phrynobatrachidae/Phrynobatrachus/Phrynobatrachus-pygmaeus |title=Phrynobatrachus pygmaeus (Ahl, 1925) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2018 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=5 September 2018}}

{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Phrynobatrachidae/Phrynobatrachus |title=Phrynobatrachus Günther, 1862 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2018 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=5 September 2018}}

{{Cite journal |last=Plath |first=Mirco |last2=Herrmann |first2=Hans-Werner |last3=Böhme |first3=Wolfgang |name-list-style=amp |date=2006 |title=New frog species of the genus Phrynobatrachus (Anura: Phrynobatrachidae) from Mt. Nlonako, Cameroon |journal=Journal of Herpetology |volume=40 |issue=4 |pages=486–495 |doi=10.1670/0022-1511(2006)40[486:nfsotg]2.0.co;2 |jstor=4498531}}

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pygmaeus

Category:Frogs of Africa

Category:Amphibians of the Central African Republic

Category:Endemic fauna of the Central African Republic

Category:Amphibians described in 1925

Category:Taxa named by Ernst Ahl

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot