TY  - JOUR
A1  - Barej, Michael F.
A1  - Schmitz, Andreas
A1  - Penner, Johannes
A1  - Doumbia, Joseph
A1  - Sandberger-Loua, Laura
A1  - Hirschfeld, Mareike
A1  - Brede, Christian
A1  - Emmrich, Mike
A1  - Kouamé, N'Goran Germain
A1  - Hillers, Annika
A1  - Gonwouo, Nono L.
A1  - Nopper, Joachim
A1  - Adeba, Patrick Joël
A1  - Bangoura, Mohamed A.
A1  - Gage, Ceri
A1  - Anderson, Gail
A1  - Rödel, Mark-Oliver
T1  - Life in the spray zone - overlooked diversity in West African torrent-frogs (Anura, Odontobatrachidae, Odontobatrachus)
JF  - Zoosystematics and Evolution
N2  - West African torrent-frogs of the genus Odontobatrachus currently belong to a single species: Odontobatrachus natator (Boulenger, 1905). Recently, molecular results and biogeographic separation led to the recognition of five Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) thus identifying a species-complex. Based on these insights, morphological analyses on more than 150 adult specimens, covering the entire distribution of the family and all OTUs, were carried out. Despite strong morphological congruence, combinations of morphological characters made the differentiation of OTUs successful and allowed the recognition of five distinct species: Odontobatrachus natator, and four species new to science: Odontobatrachus arndti sp. n., O. fouta sp. n., O. smithi sp. n. and O. ziama sp. n. All species occur in parapatry: Odontobatrachus natator is known from western Guinea to eastern Liberia, O. ziama sp. n. from eastern Guinea, O. smithi sp. n. and O. fouta sp. n. from western Guinea, O. arndti sp. n. from the border triangle Guinea-Liberia-Cote d'Ivoire. In addition, for the first time the advertisement call of a West African torrent-frog (O. arndti sp. n.) is described.
KW  - Guinean rain forest
KW  - molecular data
KW  - conservation
KW  - Upper Guinea
KW  - new species
KW  - Phrynobatrachus amphibia
KW  - Arthroleptis amphibia
KW  - ivory coast
KW  - genus
KW  - biodiversity
KW  - Ranidae
KW  - Petropedetidae
KW  - biodiversity hotspot
KW  - rainforest
KW  - taxonomy
KW  - Amphibia
Y1  - 2015
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-144254
VL  - 91
IS  - 2
ER  -