Leptopelis occidentalis Schiøtz, 1967

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, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 275) 15 (1), pp. 71-107 : 80

Leptopelis occidentalis Schiøtz, 1967

Western Tree Frog

Material: Male, NGK-Nimba 0016 ( Fig. 6F ).

Comments: Leptopelis occidentalis is primary a rainforest treefrog, preferring forests near streams, and ranging from western Ghana, through Ivory Coast to Liberia ( Schiøtz 1967; Rödel et al. 2005; Hillers and Rödel 2007; Hillers et al. 2009; Channing and Rödel 2019). After sunset (1830 h GMT), a male (41.5 mm SUL) with a uniform green dorsum was found perching on a shrub at the edge of a forest clearing along a stream (07°33.121’N, 008°25.036’W; 422 m asl). The species is known from several forests in Ivory Coast ( Schiøtz 1967; Rödel and Branch 2002; Ernst and Rödel 2008).

Figures

Fig. 6.Arthroleptid frogs from MountNimba Integrated Nature Reserve:Arthroleptis crusculum male(A);Arthroleptis poecilonotus- complex female (B); Astylosternus occidentalis female (C); Cardioglossa occidentalis male (D); Leptopelis macrotis male (E); Leptopelis occidentalis male (F); Leptopelis spiritusnoctis female (G); Leptopelis viridis female (H).