GULF OF GUINEA CONSERVATION GROUP

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AMPHIBIANS OF SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE 


SÃO TOMÉ

SPECIES FAMILY NOTES
Schistometopum thomense Caecilidae Endemic to São Tomé.  Schistometopum brevirostris is almost certainly a synonym.
Schistometopum ephele Caecilidae Endemic to São Tomé. Almost certainly a synonym of S. thomense.
Phyrnobatrachus dispar Ranidae Endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe
Ptychadena newtoni Ranidae Endemic to São Tomé.
Nesionixalus  thomensis* Hyperoliidae Endemic to São Tomé.
Nesionixalus molleri* Hyperoliidae Endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe

 

PRÍNCIPE

SPECIES FAMILY NOTES 
Nesionixalus molleri* Hyperoliidae Endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe
Phyrnobatrachus dispar Ranidae Endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe
Phyrnobatrachus feae Ranidae Same as Phyrnobatrachus dispar
Leptopelis palmatus Ranidae Endemic to Príncipe.

Príncipe Frog Photos

* R. C. Drewes and J. A. Wilkinson in this 2004 paper revise the taxonomic status of these species to be included in the non-endemic genus Hyperolius.

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