Description

Description of the holotype. Adult male (Figure 2; Table 1), body slender, head longer than wide (HW / HL = 0.96), the snout is pointed and the canthus rostralis is marked and concave from nostril to eye. Tympanum not visible. Pupil horizontal. Eyelid spine absent. Maxillary teeth present, vomerine teeth absent. Tongue elongate, free for two thirds of its length, tip divided in two short lobes. Legs and feet long for the genus (TL / SVL = 0.6; FL / SVL = 0.6). Tarsal tubercle and outer metatarsal tubercle present, but inner metatarsal tubercle not distinguishable. Subarticular tubercles absent on the hands and small and barely distinguishable on the feet. Palmar tubercle absent. Fingers and toes elongated and their tips slightly swollen but not forming discs. First fingers shorter and swollen but nuptial pads absent. Fingers free of webbing. No webbing between toe I and II, and minimal webbing between the other toes. Finger formula: I

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Amphibia

Order: Anura

Family: Phrynobatrachidae

Genus: Phrynobatrachus

Species: Phrynobatrachus bibita Goutte, Reyes-Velasco & Boissinot, 2019