taxonID	type	description	language	source
7B388787E25CFFE1FEE432948E44FE4C.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. — MHNG 1253.92 (formerly JLA 71.026), female, Mts. Bamboutos, app. 2,600 m, Cameroon, 21. II. 1971, J. ­ L. Amiet. Additional material examined. — MHNG 1453.17 – 19, two males, one female, Mts. Bamboutos, top of mountain, Cameroon, 24. III. 1973, J. ­ L. Perret.	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
7B388787E25CFFE1FEE432948E44FE4C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. — Smallest Werneria species; compact body; rounded snout; skin with micro­reticulation; neither sex with distinct, clear dorsolateral lines; belly without white spots; hind legs short and thick, without black bars, toes completely webbed; enlarged terminal phalange; head of males beset with minute spines; first finger of reproductive males with smooth, subdigital excrescence.	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
7B388787E25CFFE1FEE432948E44FE4C.taxon	description	Description. — Males reach 28.4 – 32.5 mm SVL, females 30.4 – 38.0 mm; compact body shape; snout short and broad but rounded, not truncate; skin dull with micro­reticulation (Fig. 1 b); dorsum in life dark greenish olive, in alcohol uniform brown to black, sometimes clear bronze with a gold shimmer or with blackish speckles; no obvious division between back and flank colour, however flank slightly darker in colour; no clear dorsolateral lines, only rarely traces of these lines on sides of head; no black bars on hind legs; ventral surface varies from uniform grey, to a dirty white, or whitish venter with greyish spots (Fig. 2 b); hind legs comparatively short and thick; toes fully webbed (Fig. 3 b); webbing more extensive during the reproductive season and more pronounced in males than in females; sides of head and lower jaw in males densely beset with minute spines (Fig. 4 b); first finger of reproductive males with smooth, subdigital excrescence; finger and especially toes of both sexes swollen during reproductive season. Natural history. — W. bambutensis is a montane species of the Cameroon highlands, rarely occurring below 2,100 – 2,200 m a. s. l. It inhabits grassland as well as forest strips along fast­flowing streams. In the dry season it was found below stones in torrent water (Amiet 1972, 1975, 1976 b; Gartshore 1984). The extensive webbing suggests a more aquatic life than that of other species of the genus. Adults and gravid females have been seen by J. ­ L. Amiet on Mt. Manengouba in February. Two dissected females contained 380 and 483 unpigmented eggs (2 mm dia., Amiet 1976 b). On Mt. Manengouba tadpoles were abundant in fast flowing streams (Amiet 1976 b). These tadpoles are similar to those of W. preussi but have a more robust body that is dark brown. The tail is speckled with golden chromatophores (Amiet 1972). In the rainy season after reproduction is completed, adults appear to disperse into open bamboo glades and relict forests (Amiet 1975, 1976 b). W. bambutensis tolerates dry seasons longer than two months, and lower temperatures at greater temperature ranges and higher altitudes than any other species of the genus (Amiet 1972). The other two Werneria species occurring on Mt. Manengouba (W. tandyi and W. mertensiana) are separated from W. bambutensis along an altitudinal gradient (Amiet 1975, 1976 b). According to Amiet (1976 a, 1989), W. bambutensis is mute.	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
7B388787E25CFFE1FEE432948E44FE4C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. — W. bambutensis was described from Mts. Bamboutos, Cameroon, at 2,600 m a. s. l. (Amiet 1972). It is known to occur at high altitudes between the Mts. Manengouba and Okou in Cameroon (Fig. 5; Amiet 1972, 1975, 1976 b). One male was caught at 1,750 m in the valley of Jungwé River, near Mouandong, southwest flank of Mt. Manengouba. Gartshore (1984) speculated that it might occur at Santa. This was confirmed by J. ­ L. Amiet (pers. comm.) who collected an adult female (JLA 75.331) on Mt. Neshele at about 2,200 m a. s. l.	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
7B388787E250FFE3FEE4360F888AFD04.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. — MHNG 1253.93 (formerly JLA 71.912), male, Nsoung, Mt. Manengouba, app. 1,400 m, Cameroon, 29. III. 1971, J. ­ L. Amiet. Additional material examined. — MHNG 1453.20 – 22, three males, Nsoung, Mt. Manengouba, Cameroon, 29. III. 1973, J. ­ L. Perret; MHNG 1020.44, three tadpoles, 3. I. 1959, otherwise same data as MHNG 1453.20 – 22.	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
7B388787E250FFE3FEE4360F888AFD04.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. — Medium sized, very slender Werneria; dorsum dark with white very well­delimitated dorsolateral lines; back skin smooth but dull; venter with minute clear spots; hind legs thin and long, covered with flattened tubercles; hind legs without black bars; toes are straight and only show traces of webbing.	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
7B388787E250FFE3FEE4360F888AFD04.taxon	description	Description. — This species has a longer, more slender and more parallel body shape than the other Werneria species (Fig. 1 c). Males reach 28.4 – 35.0 mm SVL, females 37.4 – 41.2 mm. It has a straight and pointed head (Fig. 4 c); dorsum uniform chocolate brown; or slightly silverish white, with white very well­delimitated dorsolateral lines (1 mm wide); hind legs without black bars, coloured like back; flanks very dark to black; venter clear brown (Fig. 2 c), sometimes nearly yellowish grey, with scattered minute (0.3 – 0.5 mm) white or yellow spots, that may be absent on the throat and ventral surfaces of the hind legs; hind legs are thin and long and covered with flattened tubercles (hence skin appearing granular); rest of dorsal skin smooth but dull; whitish tubercles might be present on the dorsal surface of thighs, especially in subadults; toes are very straight and almost smooth, with only traces of webbing (Fig. 3 c). With the exception of nuptial pads on the first finger no obvious sexual characters are visible. However, Perret (1966) described a male (as B. preussi) completely covered with spinulae, especially on the head and on the breast. Tadpole description. — The MHNG collection includes three tadpoles collected by J. ­ L. Perret at Nsoung, Mt. Manengouba, and assigned by him to W. tandyi. We herein figure and describe briefly these typical Werneria tadpoles. Body very broad and dorsoventrally flattened (Fig. 6 a, b); eyes and nostrils positioned dorsally; nostrils much closer to eyes than to snout; short and very muscular tail; tail fin inserting approximately at body end; only posterior half of tail with broader fin, rounded at tail tip; spiraculum sinistral, invisible from dorsal view; large sucker­like mouth; labial tooth row formula is 2 / 3; upper jaw small, in form of a compressed ‘ m’; only narrow part of upper and lower jaws distinctively keratinized (black colour) (Fig. 7); median vent tube; dorsal colour brown, anterior part of body and venter nearly hyaline; fin hyaline without pattern. Measurements of the three tadpoles are summarized in Tab. 4. As these tadpoles were not raised from eggs obtained from known parents and two other Werneria species are known from Mt. Manengouba, species affiliation should be taken as tentative. Natural history. — W. tandyi is a frog with a typical submontane distribution, occurring at altitudes of 1,000 – 1,700 m. The habitat is characterized by cool temperature, low insolation, high precipitation and frequent mist. At Mt. Manengouba W. tandyi lives at 1,350 – 1,750 m a. s. l. A specimen from Dikome Balue was found at 1,000 m. This toad occurs on the verges of fast­flowing streams, often under stones and always in forest habitats. Several individuals may cluster together on rocks in the splash zone. Males with nuptial callosities have been collected from the end of November to the end of March. W. tandyi was most often encountered in the dry season. Gravid females have been collected at the end of March, whilst migrating during daytime. It is thus likely that the species reproduces at the beginning of the rainy season (Amiet 1972). A dissected female contained 629 unpigmented eggs (1.5 mm dia., Amiet 1976 b). Amiet (1976 a) described and figured a call (described as " tiuc " or " hui ") for the species, but did not consider it to be an advertisement call. Instead he believed it to have some territorial function.	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
7B388787E250FFE3FEE4360F888AFD04.taxon	distribution	Distribution. — W. tandyi was described from Nsoung on Mt. Manengouba, Cameroon, at 1,400 m a. s. l. It was formerly thought to be endemic to Mt. Manengouba, and reported from Nsoung (1,400 – 1,600 m), Mwandong (1,350 m) and near Nkongsamba (1,650 m), but is now also known from the Rumpi Hills (Dikome Balue, Gartshore 1984; Amiet pers. comm.; Fig. 5). It is known from the source of the Nsoung waterfall at 1,700 m at, but was not recorded above 1,750 m in the Jungwé valley (Amiet 1975). Taxonomic remarks. — This toad was reported as B. preussi by Perret (1966).	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
7B388787E253FFE4FEE4312E8DF3FBE4.taxon	materials_examined	Type series. — ZMB (originally 60 specimens), BM 1935.2.8.3, MCZ 10296, Buëa, Mt. Cameroon, Cameroon, 950 m (type series not seen). Topotypic material examined. — SMF 24157 – 24161, 24180 – 24184, two males, five females, three juveniles, Buëa, below waterfall, Cameroon, 30. X. – 11. XI. 1937, R. Mertens; ZFMK 14904, female, Buëa waterfall, Cameroon, 20. – 22. III. 1974, W. Böhme & W. Hartig; MHNG 918.49, male, MHNG 1019.85 – 88, one male, two females, one juvenile, Buëa, waterfall, Cameroon, R. Mertens; MHNG 1453.26 – 33, seven juveniles and tadpoles, Buëa, waterfall, Cameroon, J. ­ L. Perret. Additional material examined. — SMNS 1814.1 – 2, one male, one female, Mueli, 500 m a. s. l., Mt. Cameroon, Cameroon, 1958, M. Eisentraut; ZFMK 15704, male, Fako, Nyasoso, 900 – 1,100 m a. s. l., Mt. Kupe, Cameroon, 8. IV. 1954, M. Eisentraut; ZFMK 75580 (cf. preussi), male, Nyasoso, 1,100 m a. s. l., Mt. Kupe, Cameroon, 18. – 21. I. 2000, A. Schmitz.	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
7B388787E253FFE4FEE4312E8DF3FBE4.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. — A large Werneria with an obliquely truncate snout; juveniles and males with clear and broad dorsolateral lines of variable colour, large females with uniform back; venter uniform dark or with only small clear spots; juveniles with blackish bars on hind legs; toes moderately webbed; reproducing males with nuptial pads on thumb and second finger, spinulae on the body.	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
7B388787E253FFE4FEE4312E8DF3FBE4.taxon	description	Description. — A medium sized toad with an obliquely truncate snout (Fig. 4 f – g); males reach 30.2 – 43.5 mm SVL, females 43.5 – 49.2 mm; males and females with or without small warts at the angle of the mouth; back in males and younger females with brickred, yellowish or smoky­grey dorsolateral bands, that stretch from the eyelid to the groin area; dorsolateral bands broad (up to 2 mm) but not well delimitated against the back or flanks (Fig. 1 f); adult females seem to have a uniform dark brown dorsum (Fig. 8 a); flanks brown or black; lower flanks in some females with clear spots, venter in both sexes dark brown to almost black (Fig. 2 f); males with numerous small whitish or yellowish spots; adult males may also show a few large clear spots on the posterior venter; blackish transversal bars on thighs, lower leg and foot are visible in juveniles, but vanish in adults; webbing of hind legs moderate, more extensive in males than in females (Fig. 3 f); males in breeding condition have nuptial pads on thumb and second finger and spinulae on the body (Fig. 4 g); colour of nuptial pads almost indistinct from rest of hand; females with more or less smooth venter. Natural history. — W. preussi exclusively lives in creeks at altitudes of 700 – 1,200 m a. s. l. It prefers fast flowing creeks with many stones and few plants. At the type locality it appears to be the most abundant anuran. The toads live exclusively in and around water, and try to escape into water when disturbed. Preferred daytime retreats are cavities below stones in or beside water. They are active at night, and then can be found climbing on rocks. Reported prey mostly consisted of beetles (Mertens 1938 b, 1940). The toads hide during the dry season (Mertens 1938 b, 1940). Amiet (1972) suppose that the lack of streams at high elevations on Mt. Cameroon may impose an altitudinal limit on the species. Mertens (1938 b) also describes and figures (plate 2 fig. 5) the tadpole of this species, collected during February. The tadpole is dorsoventrally flattened, has a broad head, narrow rounded tail, eyes and nostrils positioned dorsally, median vent tube, and sinistral spiraculum. The mouth is sucker like and has a typical bufonid tooth row formula of 2 / 3 (Amiet 1989; Lamotte and Lescure 1989). Dorsal colour is described as a clear greyish brown with two broad black transverse bars, one on head, the other on back. The ventrum is uniform clear grey, the tail bears no pattern. One tadpole with 26.5 mm total length had fully developed hind legs. Freshly transformed toads measure 9.2 – 9.8 mm (Mertens 1938 b). According to Boulenger (1906) and Perret and Amiet (1971) this species lacks a vocal sac and is mute.	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
7B388787E253FFE4FEE4312E8DF3FBE4.taxon	distribution	Distribution: W. preussi was described and most often reported from Buëa, southeast flank of Mt. Cameroon, about 1,170 m a. s. l. (e. g. Boulenger 1906; Nieden 1908; Perret 1966, Fig. 9). Some W. preussi records from other localities were based on other Werneria species (Perret 1966, W. tandyi in part; Perret and Amiet 1971, W. mertensiana in part). A record from Bismarckburg in Togo (Werner 1898) is thought to be an error (Boulenger 1906; Mertens 1938 b; Perret 1966; Amiet 1972). However, Frost (2002) still lists " highlands of west­central Togo and southwestern Cameroon " as the range of this species (see below). According to Amiet (1972; pers. comm.) and Gartshore (1984), W. preussi is known from Buëa, Mt. Etinde and the Tolé Tea Estate on the lower slopes of Mt. Cameroon. We herein add a specimen from Mt. Kupe, collected by M. Eisentraut at 900 m (ZFMK 15704, see also Böhme & Schneider 1987). Another record from this locality was originally identified as Arthroleptis bivittatus by Mertens (1968) and later assigned to W. mertensiana (Böhme 1975). A more recently collected specimen, ZFMK 75580, from Mt. Kupe was not clearly assignable but also appeared to be most likely W. preussi. A wider range of W. preussi within the Cameroonian highlands thus seems possible (Fig. 5). Taxonomic remarks. — This toad was described by Matschie (1893) as Bufo preussi. Synonyms of this species include Stenoglossa fulva Andersson, 1903 (Mertens 1938 b, 1940; Amiet 1972), and Atelopus africanus Werner, 1898 (Nieden 1923; Lötters 1996). Lötters (1996) re­examined one of the Atelopus africanus syntypes from Bismarckburg, Togo and confirmed that it is conspecific with W. preussi. Although it is possible that the Togolese locality is erroneous, it would be worthwhile checking the type locality of A. africanus again.	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
7B388787E256FFF9FEE4312E8EB0FDEC.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. — MHNG 1253.91 (formerly JLA 70.380), male, Mt. Nlonako, surroundings of Nkongsamba, 1,000 m, Cameroon, 21. III. 1970, J. ­ L. Amiet. Additional material studied. — MHNG 1453.23, female, Kala river, under stone, ca. 800 m a. s. l., Yaoundé, Cameroon, 13. V. 1969; MHNG 1453.24 – 25, two males, Nkolodou, Lékié valley, Yaoundé, Cameroon, III. 1969, J. ­ L. Perret & J. ­ L. Amiet; ZFMK 69127 ­ 144, 72040 ­ 041, four males, seven females, nine juveniles, Mt. Nlonako, above Nguengué, 1,100 – 1,200 m a. s. l., Cameroon, 23. VI. – 6. VII. 1998, H. ­ W. Herrmann & A. Schmitz; ZFMK 75396 ­ 397, 75414, two males, one juvenile, Mt. Nlonako, Nguengué, ca. 1,100 m a. s. l., Cameroon, 18. – 21. I. 2000, H. ­ W. Herrmann & A. Schmitz; ZFMK 78242 ­ 243, 78251 ­ 252, female and juveniles, Mt. Nlonako, Nguengué, 1,000 – 1,100 m a. s. l., Cameroon, 25. III. 2001, H. ­ W. Herrmann et al.; IRSNB 13072.1 – 2, male and female, 75 km W of Yaoundé, Cameroon, 10. X. 1975, M. Lamotte.	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
7B388787E256FFF9FEE4312E8EB0FDEC.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. — Large Werneria with short, nearly truncate snout; back dark with clear dorsolateral lines; urostyle bordered by a pair of longitudinal black lines; flanks uniform black; belly with large clear spots; throat black or with only minute clear points; skin of throat smooth; hind legs and feet with distinct black bars; moderate webbing more or less reduced to bases of toes.	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
7B388787E256FFF9FEE4312E8EB0FDEC.taxon	description	Description. — Median sized, compact toad with very short, nearly truncate snout (Figs. 4 e, 10 b); males reach 31.8 – 41.0 SVL, females 39.6 – 47.7 mm; greyish brown to reddish brown back; flanks are uniform black; white dorsolateral lines (about 1 mm broad) on the snout or just anterior to eye extend above the eye to the groins (Fig. 4 e, 8 c); dorsolateral line well delimitated against flanks, less conspicuously against back; urostyle bordered by a pair of longitudinal black lines; thighs, lower legs and feet usually with two (rarely three) distinct black bars (Fig. 1 e), otherwise same colour as back; basic colour of venter dark black, between the forearm bases the venter is covered with irregular large white spots that range from 4 – 20 mm and cover the ventral sides of body and extremities (Fig. 2 e), throat and anterior part of breast are more or less black, but may show some small white points; hind legs with granulated skin, especially in females; moderate webbing more or less reduced to bases of toes (Fig. 3 e); males with nuptial pads on first finger. Even very small juveniles (e. g. ZFMK 75483, SVL 10.4 mm) exhibit the same coloration as adults. White spots on the belly are always larger than in similar­sized specimens of the new Werneria species from the Bakossi Mts. and Mt. Kupe (see below). Natural history. — W. mertensiana is a widespread, rock­loving, submontane species that is restricted to mountain bases and foothills (Gartshore 1984). Most, but not all, specimens have been found above 800 m a. s. l. (Amiet 1975). At Mt. Manengouba W. mertensiana is replaced at higher altitudes by W. tandyi and W. bambutensis (Amiet 1975). It lives in small streams with waterfalls (Amiet 1972, 1976 b; Gartshore 1984). Amiet and Perret (1969) and Amiet (1986) report W. mertensiana (as Bufo preussi or as Werneria p. mertensiana) from the Yaoundé region at about 800 m. There it lives in primary rainforest in small rivers with clear, turbulent water and a sandy or stony bed. Specimens have been found hiding under stones during the day, sometimes within the splash zone of waterfalls. Lawson (1993) reported W. mertensiana from the lower limit of the submontane zone (850 – 1,050 m). In early September he collected three active toads in leaf litter, far from streams, around midday. He also collected an unidentified Werneria tadpole, probably belonging to this species, in the Rumpi Hills near Dikome Balue. W. mertensiana is said to utter a call similar to that of W. tandyi (Amiet 1976 a).	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
7B388787E256FFF9FEE4312E8EB0FDEC.taxon	distribution	Distribution. — W. mertensiana was described from the Mt. Nlonako in the vicinity of Nkongsamba at 1,000 m a. s. l. (Amiet 1972). It also occurs at Abang on Mt. Manengouba at 950 m, 40 km north of Kumba on the Kumba­Mamfe road at Fotabong at 900 – 1,000 m, and around Yaoundé including Mt. Kala and Mbam­Minkoum at 800 m (Amiet 1972; Joger 1982; Gartshore 1984; Fig. 5). It may occur on the southern and western slopes of the Bamiléké Plateau, and perhaps on the Obudu Plateau (Amiet 1972, 1975). Records from Mt. Kupe (e. g. Hofer et al. 2000) and the Bakossi Mts. most likely belong to a new species (described below). However, as vouchers were not accessible to us, this could not be confirmed. Mt. Kupe records might be also based on W. preussi (see above) or toads that are intermediate between W. preussi and W. mertensiana (as suggested by J. ­ L. Amiet pers. comm.). However, we never recorded any intermediate looking Werneria on Mt. Kupe. Other W. mertensiana records are known from Mt. Nta Ali massif, Cameroon (Lawson 1993) and Monte Alén in Equatorial Guinea (de la Riva 1994). However, the latter record probably does not refer to W. mertensiana (see discussion). Taxonomic remarks. — The species was described in 1972 by Amiet as Bufo mertensi. Because this name was a junior homonym of Bufo ictericus mertensi Cochran, 1950, Amiet proposed the replacement name W. mertensiana (Amiet 1976 b). Later Amiet (1986, 1987) treated this taxon as a subspecies of W. preussi, a decision that was followed by de la Riva (1994), but not in the most recent list of " Amphibian species of the World " (Frost 2002). The disjunct records of W. preussi from Buëa and Mt. Kupé, and the clear morphological distinctiveness of W. preussi and W. mertensiana are strong arguments against a subspecific relationship of these two taxa. Hence, we agree with Frost (2002) in treating W. mertensiana as a full species.	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
7B388787E248FFFAFEE432FE8D08FDD4.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. — ZFMK 69699, adult male, Bakossi Mts., Edib Hills, Lake Edib, N 4 ° 57 ’, E 9 ° 39 ’, 1,100 m a. s. l., Cameroon, 5. – 7. V. 1998, C. Wild. Paratypes. — ZFMK 67271, juvenile, 1,250 m a. s. l., 14. I. 1998, O. Euskirchen, other data as holotype; ZFMK 69747, adult male, same data as holotype; ZFMK 69698, 69700, adult female and male, Bakossi Mts., Edib Hills, Elabah Camp, 1,100 m a. s. l., Cameroon, 5. – 7. V. 1998, C. Wild; ZFMK 67272, 67781 ­ 785, six juveniles, Bakossi Mts., Mwendelengo Mts., Kodmin, 1,070 m a. s. l., Cameroon, 18. – 25. XII. 1997 & 24. I. 1998, O. Euskirchen & A. Schmitz; ZFMK 67786, adult male, Meked, Cameroon, 8. – 10. I. 1998, A. Schmitz; ZFMK 67787 ­ 796, ten juveniles, Mt. Kupe, south­west side (north­west flank in catalogue of ZFMK), Nyasoso, 910 m a. s. l., Cameroon, 18. – 25. XII. 1997, A. Schmitz.	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
7B388787E248FFFAFEE432FE8D08FDD4.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. — A medium­sized, slender but compact Werneria with short and rounded snout; skin of flanks and throat wrinkled, at least in adult males, otherwise skin smooth; a distinct, broad white, yellowish or reddish dorsolateral line occurs on the dark brown dorsum; urostyle bordered by a pair of longitudinal black lines; lower flanks with large clear spots; greyish venter with large clear spots, toes nearly fully webbed. Superficially this species is most similar to W. mertensiana, W. preussi and the new Gabonese species (see below). From the Gabonese species and W. bambutensis, W. submontana nov. sp. differs by its less­developed webbing and from W. tandyi, W. mertensiana and W. preussi by its more extensive webbing. It differs from the Gabonese species by a different body shape and much broader dorsolateral lines. With W. mertensiana it shares the black bars on hind legs and the black borders of the urostyle, but differs by its wrinkled flanks that bear clear spots on the ventral part, the more distinctly dorsal border of the dorsolateral lines and head shape. From W. preussi it differs by its dorsal and ventral coloration. It differs from all Werneria species by the wrinkled skin on throat (at least in adult males).	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
7B388787E248FFFAFEE432FE8D08FDD4.taxon	description	Description of the holotype. — The holotype is an adult male with slender but compact body shape (Fig. 1 d); 35.4 mm SVL; short, broad but rounded snout; head width 11.3 mm, eye diameter 4.0 mm; interorbital distance 4.6 mm; naris closer to snout tip (2.4 mm) than to eye (3.1 mm); small warts at angle of mouth (Fig. 4 d), skin of back and venter smooth; broad (2 mm at mid­body) white dorsolateral lines that extend from snout to groins; dorsolateral line distinctly separated from back and flank coloration and broadened posteriorly; back dark grey; blackish flanks with granular skin, lower flanks with white spots; back uniform dark brown to black; urostyle bordered by black lines; dorsal surfaces of extremities dark brown with two black bars on thighs, lower leg and feet (Fig. 1 d); basic colour of venter brownish grey; posterior venter with large (> 4 mm) yellowish spots; breast and throat grey with a dark ventral figure on throat and few smaller yellowish spots; skin of throat wrinkled (Figs. 2 d, 10 a); ventral surfaces of thighs and lower leg reddish brown with large yellowish spots on the whole surface; long, but broad, hind legs, femur length 16.7 mm, tibia 17.2 mm, foot (incl. longest toe) 25.2 mm; toes 2, 3 and 5 completely webbed, tip of toe 1 and external side of toe 4 without web (Fig. 3 d). Variation and colour in life. — Adult males SVL ranged from 31.3 – 35.4 mm, the only adult female measured 44.5 mm. The smallest juvenile was 10.5 mm long. Other measurements of paratypes are summarized in Tables 1 – 3. Body dimensions and colouration generally were as in the holotype. Other adult males also had a wrinkled skin on throat. The female’s throat was only faintly wrinkled. Warts at angle of mouth may be difficult to see or absent. Juveniles generally differ from adults by having smooth skin on flanks and throat. In life these toads have a golden iris; dorsal colour dark brown to black; pale, whitish, pink or orange­red dorsolateral stripes (Fig. 8 b), very faint in the one adult female; upper part of flanks dark brown to black, lower part of flanks with yellowish spots that may be hard to see in juveniles; belly dark grey with numerous cream speckles; belly generally with larger spots than breast and throat, however, in some specimens not exceeding 1 – 2 mm in size; femur, tibia, foot brownish with two black bars on each; forefeet and fingers with yellowish spots. Natural history. — W. submontana occurs in an altitudinal range of about 800 – 1,200 m a. s. l., occasionally it may be found at lower altitudes (see below). This species was found in broad daylight either under rocks in a partly dried up river basin (Kodmin; Fig. 11 b), or on stony ground between wet, very low vegetation which was lying in the spray area of a small, artificial waterfall (Mt. Kupe; Fig. 11 c). The habitat at the base of Mt. Kupe, where this species seem to live in sympatry with W. preussi (see above), was within a transition zone between good quality secondary forest, and more­or­less undisturbed primary forest at 910 m a. s. l. M. Gartshore (pers. comm.) found these toads near the same locality a little lower at 850 m a. s. l., under rocks during the day along a stream on the grounds of the Nyasoso Girls Secondary School, above the school reservoir, just outside town. The very wrinkled throat of adult males may indicate that this species utters an advertisement call.	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
7B388787E248FFFAFEE432FE8D08FDD4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. — Known from the Bakossi Mts., Mwendelengo Mts. and Nyasoso at the base of Mt. Kupe (Fig. 5). Judging from pictures kindly provided by M. Gartshore, the 38 W. mertensiana specimens recorded by her in February and April in the streams around Nyasoso at 850 m on the western slope of Mt. Kupe (Gartshore 1984) are W. submontana. Likewise a specimen collected by Amiet (1975, 1976 b) in the vicinity of Nkongsamba (Maholé, 10 km north­west of Tombel, forest reserve of Bakossi, primary rainforest, 300 – 350 m a. s. l.), may belong to this new species. W. submontana might also occur on the Rumpi Hills, as characters of three preserved specimens from Mofako showed characters that best fit this new species (photos provided by J. ­ L. Amiet).	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
7B388787E248FFFAFEE432FE8D08FDD4.taxon	etymology	Etymology. — The name submontana indicates the altitudinal range of this new species.	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
7B388787E24BFFFCFEE4329E8FD1FE64.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. — IRSNB 1929, adult female, Ogooué­Lolo province, department of Offoué­ Onoy, Massif du Chaillu, east flank of Mt. Iboundji, S 1 ° 8 ' 42 '', E 11 ° 46 ' 48 '', 560 m a. s. l., in the large waterfall, Gabon, 21. IX. 2001, O. S. G. Pauwels. Paratypes. — ZFMK 81550, juvenile, other data as holotype.	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
7B388787E24BFFFCFEE4329E8FD1FE64.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. — A medium sized, slender Werneria with truncate snout and smooth skin; distinct but very narrow dorsolateral line, otherwise uniform dark brown dorsum; flanks uniform black; venter with large clear spots, restricted to median line on lower parts of hind legs; toes fully webbed. W. iboundji nov. sp. is similar to W. mertensiana, W. preussi and W. submontana nov. sp. It differs from all these species by the complete webbing of the feet, the more slender body and longer and thinner hind legs. From W. mertensiana and W. submontana it further differs by lacking black bars on the thighs and lower legs, and the much thinner dorsolateral line. In contrast to W. submontana the flanks are uniform black. From W. preussi, W. tandyi and W. bambutensis it differs by its ventral coloration. With W. bambutensis it shares fully webbed toes, but may also be easily distinguished by its general appearance and coloration. At present it is also geographically well­separated from all other Werneria species.	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
7B388787E24BFFFCFEE4329E8FD1FE64.taxon	description	Description of the holotype. — The holotype is an adult female with a slender body; body lines almost parallel (Fig. 1 a); short, truncate snout; 37.7 mm SVL; head width 10.8 mm, eye diameter 4.5 mm; interorbital distance 4.1 mm; naris closer to snout tip (2.6 mm) than to eye (3.2 mm); small warts at angle of mouth (Fig. 4 a), otherwise skin smooth; narrow (0.7 mm at mid­body) yellowish white dorsolateral lines that extend from anterior part of eyelid to groin; back uniform dark brown to black; flanks uniform black; basic colour of venter dark brown to black; posterior venter with large (> 4 mm) yellowish spots; breast and throat uniform dark reddish brown (Fig. 2 a); dorsal surfaces of extremities with same coloration as back, no black bars on thighs and lower leg; ventral surfaces of thighs and lower leg with large yellowish spots along median line, no such spots at sides of extremities; long and slender hind legs, femur length 15.9 mm, tibia 16.1 mm, foot (incl. longest toe) 24.6 mm; toes completely webbed (Fig. 3 a). In life the background colour of the eye was dark golden. The black, horizontally elliptic pupil, was encircled by an orange ring. The dorsum was dark brown, separated from the black flanks by a white dorsolateral line. The throat, belly and underside of arms and legs were black with white spots. Var ia t io n. — The only other known specimen is a juvenile from the type locality, 16.3 mm SVL; head width 5.7 mm, eye diameter 2.9 mm; interorbital distance 2.7 mm; nostril to snout tip (1.1 mm), nostril to eye (1.2 mm); femur length 7.7 mm, tibia 6.6 mm, foot incl. longest toe 11.4 mm; toes also completely webbed; clear spots also on breast and throat, other coloration as holotype. Natural history. — Preliminary botanical investigations proved Mt. Iboundji to harbour a submontane forest type (Stévart et al. 2004). The holotype and the paratype were caught by day, between rocks in water at the large waterfall of Mt. Iboundji (Fig. 12). The stomach of the holotype contained remains of small ants and ground beetles (Carabidae). Numerous, small, yellow ovarian eggs were present (as the eggs were shrunken and adherent due to preservation, counts and measures are not given). During two visits at the type locality, a total of 20 man­hours were searched for Werneria, without detecting more than the two type specimens. Surveys at a second waterfall on Mt. Iboundji, and at many other waterfalls in Gabon, likewise revealed no further Werneria specimens (O. S. G. Pauwels unpubl. data). Ethnozoology. — The vernacular name, recorded by Boussimbi inhabitants, in Massango language was mboungui. This frog is said to be very dangerous (” dogs die when they lick it ”; “ If a man approaches a large specimen, and if this specimen blows, the man can die ”).	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
7B388787E24BFFFCFEE4329E8FD1FE64.taxon	distribution	Distribution. — Only known from type locality (Fig. 5).	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
7B388787E24BFFFCFEE4329E8FD1FE64.taxon	etymology	Etymology. — The species is named after the type locality, Mt. Iboundji, to further highlight the importance of this mountain as an outstanding Central African biodiversity hotspot. The specific epithet is treated as a noun in apposition.	en	Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Andreas, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Böhme, Wolfgang (2004): Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158599
