| a new puddle frog, genus phrynobatrachus (amphibia: anura: phrynobatrachidae), from the eastern part of the upper guinea biodiversity hotspot, west africa. | we describe a new species of phrynobatrachus from swamp forests in the southern border region of ivory coast and ghana. the new species differs from all other known west african phrynobatrachus by the combination of adult snout-vent-length being between 20 and 30 mm; absence of a spiny tubercle on the eyelid; presence of a dark face mask; a black throat in adult males; narrow and partly indistinct scapular ridges or comma shaped warts; distinct spinulae on males' throats and dorsal surfaces; pro ... | 2018 | 29690454 |