Arthroleptis poecilonotus, Peters, 1863

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 : 78

Arthroleptis poecilonotus -complex

Mottled Squeaker

Material: Two males, NGK-Nimba 0021 ( Fig. 6B ), NGK-Nimba 0022 .

Comments: These squeaker frogs were widespread in the forest area as well as in farmlands within the vegetation, where several concealed males emitted their insect-like chirping calls which cannot be assigned to any morphotaxa. They occured from 425 to 847 m asl. A male of 23.0 mm in SUL was captured in a patch of forest and retained as voucher (07°35.233’N, 008°25.190’W; 847 m asl). Another male voucher (SUL 24.0 mm) was recorded in an agricultural area (07°31.928’N, 008°25.401’W; 425 m asl). Arthroleptis poecilonotus -complex are larger than A. langeri but smaller than A. krokosua . The two vouchers may comprise different species, of which one could be conspecific with A. nimbaensis . However, currently that cannot be clarified (see Rödel and Bangoura 2004; Channing and Rödel 2019). All of these Arthroleptis species, apart from A. crusculum , may have similar habitat requirements (Rödel et al. 2009; Adum et al. 2011; Nopper et al. 2012; Sandberger-Loua et al. 2018a).

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).