Scotobleps

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Genus of amphibians

title: "Scotobleps" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["arthroleptidae", "monotypic-amphibian-genera", "frogs-of-africa", "amphibians-of-cameroon", "amphibians-of-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo", "amphibians-of-equatorial-guinea", "amphibians-of-gabon", "fauna-of-nigeria", "amphibians-of-the-republic-of-the-congo", "amphibians-of-west-africa", "amphibians-described-in-1900", "taxa-named-by-george-albert-boulenger", "taxonomy-articles-created-by-polbot"] description: "Genus of amphibians" topic_path: "geography/nigeria" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotobleps" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of amphibians ::

| image = Gaboon_Forest_Frog_(Scotobleps_gabonicus)_(7706535264).jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = | taxon = Scotobleps gabonicus | authority = Boulenger, 1900 | parent_authority = Boulenger, 1900 | synonyms = Astylosternus gabonicus (Boulenger, 1900)

Astylosternus oxyrhynchus Nieden, 1908

Scotobleps camerunensis Ahl, 1927 "1925" | synonyms_ref =

Scotobleps is a monotypic frog genus in the family Arthroleptidae; its sole species is Scotobleps gabonicus, sometimes known as the Gaboon forest frog or Gabon forest frog. It is found in eastern Nigeria, western and southwestern Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, western Gabon, western Republic of the Congo, and western Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its range could extend into the Cabinda Enclave of Angola.

Description

Males grow to 52 mm and females to 70 mm in snout–vent length. The syntype(s) measured 57 mm in snout–vent length. The head is rather large, as long as broad. The snout is obtusely pointed with a feeble canthus rostralis. The eyes are large. The fingers and toes are moderately elongated, with slightly swollen tips and very strong subarticular tubercles. The toes are half-webbed. Skin is smooth or with small flat warts on the back. The dorsum is olive-brown with small, blackish spots. There is a dark cross-band between the eyes and the upper lip has blackish vertical bars; the one below the anterior third of the eye is extending onto the lower lip. Limbs have dark cross-bars. The venter is white.

Habitat and conservation

Scotobleps gabonicus is a common species at low altitudes, living in lowland rainforests, including secondary forests. Breeding takes place in flowing water, preferably in wide, shallow streams with sandy banks but also in torrents. Loss of its forest habitat is causing population declines.

References

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2017). "''Scotobleps gabonicus''".
  2. (1900). "A list of the batrachians and reptiles of the Gaboon (French Congo), with descriptions of new genera and species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
  3. Frost, Darrel R.. (2023). "''Scotobleps'' Boulenger, 1900". American Museum of Natural History.
  4. Zimkus, B.. "Scotobleps gabonicus Boulenger, 1900". African Amphibians.
  5. (2019). "Field Guide to the Frogs & other Amphibians of Africa". Struik Nature.
  6. Frost, Darrel R.. (2023). "''Scotobleps gabonicus'' Boulenger, 1900". American Museum of Natural History.

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