Check List 15(2): 253-259, doi: 10.15560/15.2.253
First record of Foulassi Screeching Frog, Arthroleptis adelphus (Perret, 1966) (Anura, Arthroleptidae, Arthroleptinae), from Nigeria, with notes on its phylogenetic position
expand article infoLotanna Micah Nneji‡, Adeniyi Charles Adeola‡, Agboola Okeyoyin§, Abiodun Biodun Onadeko|, Edem Archibong Eniang , Akindele Oluwatosin Adeyi #, Segun Olayinka Oladipo ¤, Babatunde Emmanuel Adedeji«, John Yinamga Usongo», Andem Bassey Andem ˄, Obih Alex Ugwumba «, Adiaha Alda Alex Ugwumba«, Caroline Olory˅
‡ State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, China§ National Park Service Headquarter, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria| Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria¶ Department of Forestry and Wildlife, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria# Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, China¤ Department of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria« Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria» Department of Zoology, Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Nigeria˄ Department of Zoology and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria˅ Cross River National Park, Akamkpa, Nigeria

Corresponding author: Lotanna Micah Nneji ( lotannanneji@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Ross MacCulloch
© Lotanna Micah Nneji, Adeniyi Charles Adeola, Agboola Okeyoyin, Abiodun Biodun Onadeko, Edem Archibong Eniang , Akindele Oluwatosin Adeyi , Segun Olayinka Oladipo , Babatunde Emmanuel Adedeji, John Yinamga Usongo, Andem Bassey Andem , Obih Alex Ugwumba , Adiaha Alda Alex Ugwumba, Caroline Olory.
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Citation: Nneji LM, Adeola AC, Okeyoyin A, Onadeko AB, Eniang EA, Adeyi AO, Oladipo SO, Adedeji BE, Usongo JY, Andem AB, Ugwumba OA, Ugwumba AAA, Olory C (2019) First record of Foulassi Screeching Frog, Arthroleptis adelphus (Perret, 1966) (Anura, Arthroleptidae, Arthroleptinae), from Nigeria, with notes on its phylogenetic position. Check List 15(2): 253-259. https://doi.org/10.15560/15.2.253
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Abstract

We report the first known occurrence of the Foulassi Screeching Frog, Arthroleptis adelphus (Perret, 1966), from Nigeria. A specimen of A. adelphus was collected during herpetological survey work conducted in Cross River National Park, south-eastern Nigeria. Morphometrics and mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene confirm identity of the specimen. Matrilineal genealogy reveals a sister relationship of A. adelphus from Nigeria with individuals from south-western Cameroon. Genetic analysis further shows geographic structuring and divergence among populations of A. adelphus from the Guineo–Congolian forest region. We offer updates to the IUCN geographic range of A. adelphus.

Keywords
Cross River National Park, Guineo–Congolian forest region, range extension, sub-Saharan Africa