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Leptopelis viridis
Authors/Creators
- 1. Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Tropicale (BioEcoTrop), Daloa, BP 150, COTE D'IVOIRE
- 2. Université Nangui Abrogoua, Pôle de Recherche Pêche et Aquaculture, UFR-SGE, 02 BP 801, Abidjan 02, COTE D'IVOIRE
- 3. Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin, GERMANY
Description
Leptopelis viridis (Günther, 1869)
Green Tree Frog
Material: One male, NGK-Nimba 0083, and one female, NGK-Nimba 0086 (Fig. 6H).
Comments: Leptopelis viridis is a savannah frog, which is also encountered in herbaceous vegetation from the semi-decideous forest zone. It ranges across the northern part of sub-Saharan Africa (Schiøtz 1967; Rödel 2000; Channing and Rödel 2019). The species was recorded within grassland at the foot of Mounts Nimba (07°35.453’N, 008°24.957’W; 843 m asl). Additional populations were recorded in the Yéalé village, on shrubs, palm trees, and herbaceous plants (07°31.928’N, 008°25.401’W; 425 m asl). The males measured 32.0‒34.0 mm (N = 6), while a single recorded female reached 36.0 mm SUL.
Notes
Published as part of Kanga, Kouassi Philippe, Kouamé, N'Goran Germain, Zogbassé, Parfait, Gongomin, Basseu Aude-Inès, Agoh, Konan Laurent, Kouamé, Akoua Michèle, Konan, Jean Christophe B. Y. N., Adepo-Gourène, Abouo Béatrice, Gourène, Germain & Rödel, Mark-Oliver, 2021, Amphibian diversity of a West African biodiversity hotspot: an assessment and commented checklist of the batrachofauna of the Ivorian part of the Nimba Mountains, pp. 71-107 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 275) (e 275) 15 (1) on page 80, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11287122
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Material sample ID
- NGK-Nimba 0083, NGK-Nimba 0086
- Scientific name authorship
- Gunther
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Arthroleptidae
- Genus
- Leptopelis
- Species
- viridis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Leptopelis viridis (Gunther, 1869) sec. Kanga, Kouamé, Zogbassé, Gongomin, Agoh, Kouamé, Konan, Adepo-Gourène, Gourène & Rödel, 2021
References
- Schiotz A. 1967. The treefrogs (Rhacophoridae) of West Africa. Spolia Zoologica Musei Haunienses 25: 1 - 346.
- Channing A, Rodel MO. 2019. Field Guide to the Frogs and other Amphibians of Africa. Struik Nature, Cape Town, South Africa. 407 p.