''Arthroleptis zimmeri'', also known as Zimmer's screeching frog, is a species of frog in the family

Arthroleptidae The Arthroleptidae are a family of frogs found in sub-Saharan Africa. This group includes African treefrogs in the genus ''Leptopelis'' along with the terrestrial breeding squeakers '' Arthroleptis'', and several genera restricted to the Guinea ...

. It is endemic to Ghana, and is known only from its type locality in

Accra Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...

. The

specific name Specific name may refer to: * in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules: * Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...

''zimmeri'' honours

Carl Wilhelm Erich Zimmer Carl Wilhelm Erich Zimmer (Sondershausen, 29 September 1873 – Hüll bei Wolnzach, 8 November 1950) was a German zoologist specialising in crustaceans, especially the order Cumacea. He studied zoology at the universities of Strasbourg, Munich an ...

, a German zoologist.

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zimmeri Frogs of Africa Amphibians of West Africa Endemic fauna of Ghana Amphibians described in 1925 Taxa named by Ernst Ahl Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Arthroleptidae-stub