Aubria subsigillata

Aubria subsigillata, commonly known as the brown ball frog or the West African brown frog, is a species of frog belonging to the family Pyxicephalidae. It has a discontinuous distribution from southern Guinea through Liberia and Ivory Coast, and from Nigeria to southern Cameroon, and Equatorial Guinea to Gabon (with, at least apparently, a gap in Togo and Benin). However, the species delimitation differs between sources (see below), and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has adopted a narrower view where this species only occurs in Cameroon and southward.

Brown ball frog
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pyxicephalidae
Genus: Aubria
Species:
A. subsigillata
Binomial name
Aubria subsigillata
(Duméril, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Rana subsigillata Duméril, 1856
  • Aubrya subsigillata (incorrect spelling)
  • Phrynopsis ventrimaculata Nieden, 1908
  • Leptodactylodon ventrimaculata (Nieden, 1908)
  • Rana (Aubria) subsigillata Duméril, 1856
  • Aubria occidentalis Perret, 1995 "1994"
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