The taxonomic status of Hyperolius nimbae Laurent, 1958 (Amphibia: Anura: Hyperoliidae)

Kouamé, N'Goran Germain, Gongomin, Basseu Aude-Inès, Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Channing, Alan (2022): The taxonomic status of Hyperolius nimbae Laurent, 1958 (Amphibia: Anura: Hyperoliidae). Zootaxa 5174 (5): 596-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5174.5.

A new species of Puddle Frog, genus Phrynobatrachus (Amphibia: Anura: Phrynobatrachidae) from Ghana

Ofori-Boateng, Caleb, Leaché, Adam D., Obeng-Kankam, Bright, Kouamé, N'Goran Germain, Hillers, Annika, Rödel, Mark-Oliver (2018): A new species of Puddle Frog, genus Phrynobatrachus (Amphibia: Anura: Phrynobatrachidae) from Ghana. Zootaxa 4374 (4): 565-578, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4374.4.

A new Puddle Frog, genus Phrynobatrachus (Amphibia: Anura: Phrynobatrachidae), from the eastern part of the Upper Guinea <br />biodiversity hotspot, West Africa

Kpan, Tokouaho Flora, Kouamé, N'Goran Germain, Barej, Michael F., Adeba, Patrick Joël, Emmrich, Mike, Ofori-Boateng, Caleb, Rödel, Mark-Oliver (2018): A new Puddle Frog, genus Phrynobatrachus (Amphibia: Anura: Phrynobatrachidae), from the eastern part of the Upper Guinea biodiversity hotspot, West Africa. Zootaxa 4388 (2): 221-237, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4388.2.

Life in the spray zone - overlooked diversity in West African torrent-frogs (Anura, Odontobatrachidae, Odontobatrachus)

West African torrent-frogs of the genus Odontobatrachus currently belong to a single species: Odontobatrachus natator (Boulenger, 1905). Recently, molecular results and biogeographic separation led to the recognition of five Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) thus identifying a species-complex. Based on these insights, morphological analyses on more than 150 adult specimens, covering the entire distribution of the family and all OTUs, were carried out. Despite strong morphological congruence, combinations of morphological characters made the differentiation of OTUs successful and allowed the recognition of five distinct species: Odontobatrachus natator, and four species new to science: Odontobatrachus arndti sp. n., O. fouta sp. n., O. smithi sp. n. and O. ziama sp. n. All species occur in parapatry: Odontobatrachus natator is known from western Guinea to eastern Liberia, O. ziama sp. n. from eastern Guinea, O. smithi sp. n. and O. fouta sp. n. from western Guinea, O. arndti sp. n. from the border triangle Guinea-Liberia-Cote d'Ivoire. In addition, for the first time the advertisement call of a West African torrent-frog (O. arndti sp. n.) is described

bi4africa dataset - open source

The bii4africa dataset is presented in a multi-spreadsheet .ods file. The raw data spreadsheet (‘Scores_Raw’) includes 31,313 individual expert estimates of the impact of a sub-Saharan African land use on a species response group of terrestrial vertebrates or vascular plants. Estimates are reported as intactness scores - the remaining proportion of an ‘intact’ reference (pre-industrial or contemporary wilderness area) population of a species response group in a land use, on a scale from 0 (no individuals remain) through 0.5 (half the individuals remain), to 1 (same as the reference population) and, in limited cases, to 2 (two or more times the reference population). For species that thrive in human-modified landscapes, scores could be greater than 1 but not exceeding 2 to avoid extremely large scores biasing aggregation exercises. Expert comments are included alongside respective estimates