Phrynobatrachus elberti
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Phrynobatrachus elberti is a species of frog in the family Phrynobatrachidae. It is endemic to the Central African Republic and only known from its type locality, Bouala (originally spelled "Buala"), at Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level on the Ouham River.[1][2][3] The specific name elberti honours Johannes Elbert, a German naturalist who visited Kamerun in 1914.[4] Common name Elbert's river frog has been coined for this species.[2][5]
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Taxonomy
Phrynobatrachus elberti was described as Hylarthroleptis elberti by German zoologist Ernst Ahl in 1925 based on seventeen syntypes.[3] It was transferred to Phrynobatrachus in 1938 by Template:Interlanguage link multi.[2] There are doubts about its taxonomic validity.[1]
Description
Phrynobatrachus elberti resembles Phrynobatrachus graueri and Phrynobatrachus brongersmai, but has interorbital space that is about twice as wide as the upper eyelid.[6]
Ecology
There are no observations of this species after its discovery, and its ecology is essentially unknown.[1]
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