Phrynobatrachus francisci Boulenger, 1912

Francisc’s Puddle Frog

Material: Two females, NGK-Nimba 0092 (Fig. 11 E), NGK-Nimba 0093.

Comments: Phrynobatrachus francisci occurs in moist Guinea savannah and drier Sudanese savannah, from Senegal to Nigeria (Rödel 2000; Channing and Rödel 2019). We found the species in the rainy season, among dense herbaceous vegetation at the edge of a puddle (07°31.928’N, 008°25.401’W; 425 m asl). Two females (20.5–22.0 mm) were caught in the Yéalé village during late afternoon (1618 h GMT).