571 A NEW PHRYNOBATRACHUS FROM WEST AFRICA Phrynobatrachus guineensis.—Sierra Leone: ZMUC R075277, 93, 306, Mts Loma, forest; ZMUC R075840, South Kambui F.R.; Guinea: ZFMK 56335, fore ˆt de Ziama, Bnaemn rivie `re de Malweta, South of Se ´re ´dou; Liberia: MNHN 1993.4259–65, 1998.1196, 99–1200, 1998.1576–79, 1998.2573–80, 2656, 2662, 65–68, 73, 94, 2627, Grassfield, forest, Nimba county; MNHN 1998.1537–42, Mt. Yuelliton, Nimba county; MNHN 1993.4244–58, 1998.2622, Mt. Nimba; MNHN 1993.5505–06, New Camp, Nimba County; Ivory Coast: MNHN 1993.4266–68, l‘Orumbo Boka (Lamto); SMNS 9745.1–16, 9746.1–2, 9747.1–3, 9748, Taı ¨ Nation- al Park, SRET station; CR guineensis 1–12, Guiroutou, Taı ¨ National Park. Phrynobatrachus gutturosus.—Liberia: MNHN 1998. 1501–12, Grassfield, Nimba county; MNHN 1998. 2581–2617, Mt. Nimba; MNHN 1921.280, 280 A, 280 D, 280 F, 280 H, 281 C, 282, 282 E, 282 F, 282 I, (syn- types), Sanikole ´; Ivory Coast: MNHN 1998.1561–70, Lamto; SMNS 9738, 9751.1–6, Guiroutou, Taı ¨ National Park; SMNS 9749.1–2, SRET station, Taı ¨ National Park; SMNS, 9739.1–2, same locality; SMNS 9752, South- Western Comoe ´ National Park; SMNS 9750, Western park, Mt. Pe ´ko National Park. Phrynobatrachus latifrons.—Ivory Coast: SMNS 8957.1–48, South-Western Comoe ´ National Park; SMNS 8990.1–2, Ananda. Phrynobatrachus liberiensis.—Liberia: MNHN 1998. 1571–73, 1998.1599–600, 1998.1797, 99, 1998.2630, 1998.2671–72 + 4 specimens without number, Grass- field, Nimba county; MNHN 1998.2517, 19–20, Mt. Nimba, Aguesse; MNHN 1998.2621, Mt. Nimba; MNHN 1998.2543, 44, 46, New camp fo ˆret; Ivory Coast: MNHN 26 specimens without number, Taı ¨; SMNS 9758, Guiroutou, Taı ¨ National Park; SMNS 9755, Mt. Nie ´nokoue ´, rocky river at base of mountain, Taı ¨ National Park; SMNS 9756, near mountain, Mt. Pe ´ko National Park; SMNS 9754, Noma, Mt. Sangbe ´ National Park; SMNS 9718, 9757, SRET station, Taı ¨ Na- tional Park. Phrynobatrachus natalensis.—Sierra Leone: MNHN 1998.1795–96, Sokurela; Ivory Coast: MNHN, 10 spec- imens without number, Dampleu; SMNS 9759.1–10, Southern park, Comoe ´ National Park; SMNS 9760, Western park, near village, Mt. Sangbe ´ National Park; SMNS 8960.1–3, SMF 78634, 78636, South-Western Comoe ´ National Park. Phrynobatrachus phyllophilus.—Type series and Libe- ria: MNHN 1998.1554–58, Mt. Tocadeh; MNHN 1989.4743–44, North Grassfield, Nimba County; Sierra Leone: ZMUC R075280, 86, 95, 97, 98, 303, Mts. Loma. Phrynobatrachus plicatus.—Liberia: MNHN 1998. 2518, Mt. Nimba, Aguesse; MNHN 176.180–84, Mt. Nimba, Grassfield; MNHN 1999.2511, Nimba expe- dition, Konia, Lota county; Ivory Coast: MNHN 1998.1181–92, Lamto, Bandama; MNHN 26 specimens without number, Taı ¨; SMNS, 9761.1–2, 9763.1–2, 9764.1–3, 9765, Guiroutou, Taı ¨ National Park; SMNS 9762.1–3, SRET station, Taı ¨ National Park. Phrynobatrachus tokba.—Guinea: MNHN 1921.144– 152 (syntypes), N’Ze ´be ´la and N’Ze ´re ´kore ´. Phrynobatrachus villiersi.–Ivory Coast: SMNS 9768.1– 9, Guiroutou, Taı ¨ National Park; SMNS 9767.1–2, 9769.1–2, SRET, transects, Taı ¨ National Park. Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 571–578, 2002 Copyright 2002 Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles A New Species of Phyllomedusa Wagler, 1830 (Anura: Hylidae) from Central Brazil REUBER ALBUQUERQUE BRANDA ˜ O Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de Brası ´lia. Brası ´lia-DF.70 910-900, Brazil; E-mail: reuber@unb.br ABSTRACT.—A new species of Phyllomedusa, related to Phyllomedusa megacephala, is described from the high plateaus of the state of Goia ´s and Distrito Federal, Brazil. The new species is characterized by medium size, small finger pads, short and narrow head, thin body, vertical snout in profile, very granulate belly, chest without reticular pattern, transversal bars in the mandible, and flanks with reticular black, sepia, or purple pattern over yellow or orange background. The genus Phyllomedusa Wagler, 1830, is dis- tributed from Costa Rica to Argentina and com- prises 30 species (De la Riva, 1999; Frost, 2000). It consists of five species groups (‘‘Phyllomedusa burmeisteri’’ group sensu B. Lutz, 1950; ‘‘Phyllo- medusa hypochondrialis’’ group sensu Boker- mann, 1965; ‘‘Phyllomedusa buckleyi’’ group sen- su Cannatella, 1980; ‘‘Phyllomedusa perinesos’’ group sensu Cannatella, 1982; and ‘‘Phyllome- dusa tarsius’’ group sensu De La Riva, 1999), even though some species are not currently aligned with a species group (Frost, 2000). The ‘‘P. hypochondrialis’’ group contains spe- cies characterized by an abruptly ending snout, poorly developed finger pads, thumb equal or smaller than the second finger and first toe larg- er than the second one (Bokermann, 1965). Based on larval characters, Cruz (1982) included