Early Miocene anurans from Chamtwara (western Kenya) and the first fossil record of Arthroleptidae (Afrobatrachia, Ranoidea)

January 5, 2026

The anuran fossil record in sub-Saharan Africa is scarce, and most African frog families lack fossils older than the Pliocene (approx. 5 to 1.8 million years ago). Consequently, the geographic and environmental context in which this rich anuran fauna diversified over the last 50 million years…