Amphibian diversity of a West African biodiversity hotspot: an assessment and commented checklist of the batrachofauna of the Ivorian part of the Nimba Mountains Author Kanga, Kouassi Philippe Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Tropicale (BioEcoTrop), Daloa, BP 150, COTE D’IVOIRE Author Kouamé, N’Goran Germain Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Tropicale (BioEcoTrop), Daloa, BP 150, COTE D’IVOIRE ngoran_kouame@yahoo.fr Author Zogbassé, Parfait Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Tropicale (BioEcoTrop), Daloa, BP 150, COTE D’IVOIRE Author Gongomin, Basseu Aude-Inès Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Tropicale (BioEcoTrop), Daloa, BP 150, COTE D’IVOIRE Author Agoh, Konan Laurent Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Tropicale (BioEcoTrop), Daloa, BP 150, COTE D’IVOIRE Author Kouamé, Akoua Michèle Université Nangui Abrogoua, Pôle de Recherche Pêche et Aquaculture, UFR-SGE, 02 BP 801, Abidjan 02, COTE D’IVOIRE Author Konan, Jean Christophe B. Y. N. Université Nangui Abrogoua, Pôle de Recherche Pêche et Aquaculture, UFR-SGE, 02 BP 801, Abidjan 02, COTE D’IVOIRE Author Adepo-Gourène, Abouo Béatrice Université Nangui Abrogoua, Pôle de Recherche Pêche et Aquaculture, UFR-SGE, 02 BP 801, Abidjan 02, COTE D’IVOIRE Author Gourène, Germain Université Nangui Abrogoua, Pôle de Recherche Pêche et Aquaculture, UFR-SGE, 02 BP 801, Abidjan 02, COTE D’IVOIRE Author Rödel, Mark-Oliver Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin, GERMANY text Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 2021 e 275 2021-06-27 15 1 71 107 journal article 296936 10.5281/zenodo.11287122 fd72f90b-5100-43fc-9963-19f91090830b 1525-9153 11287122

Table 2. Amphibian species recorded in the Mount Nimba Integrated Reserve with respective habitat records, known habitat preferences, distribution range, and IUCN Red List category. Habitats A, B, C, and D are described in the “Survey Sites” section in Materials and Methods.AF = Africa (any range beyond West Africa), WA = West Africa (defined as the area west of the Cross River in Nigeria), UG = Upper Guinea (defined as forest zone west of the Dahomey Gap), wUG = western Upper Guinea (defined as any range from western Ivory Coast or beyond the western part of this country), E = endemic to Mounts Nimba; S = savannah, MG = montane grasslands, FB = farmbush (degraded and secondary forest), F = forest; IUCN categories: LC = Least Concern, NT = Near Threatened, EN = Endangered, CR = Critically Endangered, NE = Not Evaluated by IUCN.

Families and species		Habitats				Distribution range		range			Habitat preferences			IUCN Red List
	A	B	C	D	AF	WA	UG	wUG	E	S	MG	FB	F
Arthroleptidae
Arthroleptis crusculum	X							X			X			NT
Arthroleptis poecilonotus - complex*			X	X			X					X	X	NE
Astylosternus occidentalis		X	X					X					X	LC
Cardioglossa occidentalis			X				X						X	NE
Leptopelis macrotis			X	X			X						X	NT
Leptopelis occidentalis			X				X						X	NT
Leptopelis spiritusnoctis			X				X					X	X	LC
Leptopelis viridis		X		X	X					X		X		LC
Bufonidae
Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis	X								X		X			CR
Sclerophrys maculata		X	X	X	X					X		X		LC
Sclerophrys regularis				X	X					X		X		LC
Sclerophrys togoensis			X				X						X	LC
Conrauidae
Conraua alleni			X					X					X	LC
Dicroglossidae
Hoplobatrachus occipitalis		X		X	X					X		X		LC
Hemisotidae
Hemisus marmoratus				X	X					X				LC
Hyperoliidae
Afrixalus dorsalis				X		X				X		X		LC
Afrixalus fulvovittatus				X			X					X		LC
Hyperolius chlorosteus			X	X				X					X	LC
Hyperolius concolor				X			X			X		X		LC
Hyperolius fusciventris fusciventris				X				X				X		LC
Hyperolius guttulatus				X		X						X	X	LC
Hyperolius lamottei		X						X		X				LC
Hyperolius nimbae				X					X			X		EN
Hyperolius picturatus *				X			X					X	X	LC
Hyperolius soror			X					X				X		DD
Hyperolius cf. sylvaticus				X			X					X	X	LC
Hyperolius sp.				X				X				X		NE
Kassina cochranae			X	X				X		X		X		LC
Odontobatrachidae
Odontobatrachus arndti			X					X					X	NT
Phrynobatrachidae
Phrynobatrachus alleni			X				X						X	LC
Phrynobatrachus annulatus			X				X						X	LC
Phrynobatrachus francisci				X		X				X				LC
Phrynobatrachus fraterculus			X					X				X	X	LC
Phrynobatrachus guineensis			X					X					X	LC
Phrynobatrachus gutturosus *				X		X				X		X	X	LC
Phrynobatrachus latifrons				X		X				X		X		LC
Phrynobatrachus liberiensis			X				X						X	LC
Phrynobatrachus natalensis				X	X					X				LC
Phrynobatrachus phyllophilus			X				X						X	LC
Phrynobatrachus tokba	X	X	X				X				X	X	X	LC
Pipidae
Xenopus tropicalis				X		X						X	X	LC
Ptychadenidae
Ptychadena arnei				X				X		X		X	X	DD
Ptychadena bibroni				X	X					X		X		LC
Ptychadena longirostris			X			X						X	X	LC
Ptychadena oxyrhynchus				X	X					X		X		LC
Ptychadena pujoli				X				X		X				DD
Ptychadena pumilio				X	X					X		X		LC
Ptychadena retropunctata		X						X		X				LC
Ptychadena stenocephala				X	X					X				LC
Ptychadena submascareniensis	X	X						X		X	X			DD
Ptychadena tournieri				X		X				X				LC
Ranidae
Amnirana sp. ‘albolabris west’				X			X					X	X	NE
Rhacophoridae
Chiromantis rufescens				X	X								X	LC