Leptopelis anchietae (Bocage, 1873)

Marques, Mariana P., Parrinha, Diogo, Lopes-Lima, Manuel, Tiutenko, Arthur, Bauer, Aaron M. & Ceríaco, Luis M. P., 2024, An island in a sea of sand: a first checklist of the herpetofauna of the Serra da Neve inselberg, southwestern Angola, ZooKeys 1201, pp. 167-217 : 167-217

Leptopelis anchietae (Bocage, 1873)

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Records.

Catchi, near small stream [- 13.7630, 13.2514, 1595 m] (MUNHAC / MB 04 - 001095, 001096).

Comments

. An Angolan endemic, distributed throughout much of the western half of the country ( Marques et al. 2018; Becker et al. 2023). The collected specimens were heard croaking from a small bush at night, a common event especially after rain. Considered a cryptic species complex by several authors ( Perret 1976; Schiøtz 1999). Becker et al. (2023) did not record the species in Serra da Neve.

Figures

Figure 4. a, b Xenopus petersii c Poyntonophrynus dombensis d Poyntonophrynus pachnodes e Sclerophrys pusilla f Phrynomantis annectens g Leptopelis anchietae h Phrynobatrachus natalensis. Photographs by AT (a, b, e, g, h); LMPC (c, f) and IA (d).