Phrynobatrachus elberti is a species of frog in the family Phrynobatrachidae. It is endemic to the Central African Republic and only known from its type locality, Bouala (originally spelled "Buala"), at 998 m (3,274 ft) above sea level on the Ouham River.[1][2][3] The specific name elberti honours Johannes Elbert, a German naturalist who visited Kamerun in 1914.[4] Common name Elbert's river frog has been coined for this species.[2][5]
Phrynobatrachus elberti was described as Hylarthroleptis elberti by German zoologist Ernst Ahl in 1925 based on seventeen syntypes.[3] It was transferred to Phrynobatrachus in 1938 by Kurt Deckert.[2] There are doubts about its taxonomic validity.[1]
Phrynobatrachus elberti resembles Phrynobatrachus graueri and Phrynobatrachus brongersmai, but has interorbital space that is about twice as wide as the upper eyelid.[6]
There are no observations of this species after its discovery, and its ecology is essentially unknown.[1]
Phrynobatrachus elberti is a species of frog in the family Phrynobatrachidae. It is endemic to the Central African Republic and only known from its type locality, Bouala (originally spelled "Buala"), at 998 m (3,274 ft) above sea level on the Ouham River. The specific name elberti honours Johannes Elbert, a German naturalist who visited Kamerun in 1914. Common name Elbert's river frog has been coined for this species.
class=notpageimage| Phrynobatrachus elberti is only known from the holotype collected from Bouala in the Central African Republic
