Chiromantis rufescens (Günther, 1869)

Western Foam-nest Frog

Material: Male, NGK-Nimba 0102 (Fig. 14H) .

Comments: Chiromantis rufescens is a complex of treefrog species (Leaché et al. 2019), occurring in rainforest and the transition zone between forest and savannah, from West and Central Africa to the southernmost record in Angola (Lamotte 1967; Schiøtz 1967; Channing and Rödel 2019; Rödel and Glos 2019; Ernst et al. 2020). They are the only West African species depositing foam nests above stagnant waters (Coe 1967, 1974; Schiøtz 1967; Monayong Ako’o 1978; Rödel et al. 2002). During the entire survey in Mounts Nimba, only one specimen was found on a dark night in a plantation from the Yéalé village dominated by cocoa and coffee trees (Fig. 14H). This specimen measured 45.0 mm in SUL.