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Conraua goliath
(Boulenger, 1906) Photo
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COMMENTS. — This is the largest living frog in the world. The holotype measured 25 cm of snout-vent length (Boulenger 1906 b), and the largest specimen recorded weighted 3.3 kg (Sabater Pi 1985). Adults live in the fast-flowing rivers in lowland rainforest, below 1000 m a. s. l., where they rest over the rocks, emerging from rapids during the day, while they move along the river margins during the night (Sabater Pi 1985). Some aspects of their reproductive behaviour, such as nest construction for spawing, have been recently described (Schäfer et al. 2019). SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Twenty specimens. [Río Muni] (MNCN 4050). Niefang, Sense (1 º 33´N, 09 º 48´W) June / July 1964 (EBD 2699 – 2701, EBD 2754 – 2756, EBD 20842 – 20854); San Joaquín de Ndyiacom (EBD 31507).
Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta, Castroviejo-Fisher, Santiago, De, Ignacio (2020): Synopsis of the Amphibians of Equatorial Guinea based upon the Authors’ Field Work and Spanish Natural History Collections. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 66 (8): 137-230, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11105986
DISTRIBUTION. — Conraua goliath is distributed over south-western Cameroon (Nkongsamba region) and mainland Equatorial Guinea. In Equatorial Guinea, it has been recorded in several localities in Río Muni (Sabater Pi 1985; De la Riva 1994) (Map 14 A).
Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta, Castroviejo-Fisher, Santiago, De, Ignacio (2020): Synopsis of the Amphibians of Equatorial Guinea based upon the Authors’ Field Work and Spanish Natural History Collections. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 66 (8): 137-230, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11105986
TYPE LOCALITY. — “ Efulen ”, South Cameroon.
Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta, Castroviejo-Fisher, Santiago, De, Ignacio (2020): Synopsis of the Amphibians of Equatorial Guinea based upon the Authors’ Field Work and Spanish Natural History Collections. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 66 (8): 137-230, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11105986
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MAPS 14A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Conraua goliath; (B) Acanthixalus spinosus; (C) Afrixalus dorsalis.
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