Leptopelis bocagii (Günther, 1865)

Baptista, Ninda L., António, Telmo & Branch, William R., 2019, The herpetofauna of Bicuar National Park and surroundings, southwestern Angola: a preliminary checklist, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 203) 13 (2), pp. 96-130 : 102

Leptopelis bocagii (Günther, 1865)

Bocage's Burrowing Treefrog ( Fig. 4A–B )

Material: NB520 (30); NB546 (28); NB547 (29); NB710 (27); NB765 (27); NB766 (27).

Comment: Reported in several localities in Angola ( Ceríaco et al. 2018c; Marques et al. 2018), including recent records from Huíla Province ( Baptista et al. 2018). It is considered a complex of cryptic species ( Schiøtz 1999), and the Angolan material assigned to Hylambates angolensis Bocage, 1893 , currently in the synonymy of L. bocagii , requires further study ( Perret 1976). Dorsal coloration of individuals in BNP varied from completely plain to black with a horseshoe shaped blotch with white dots in the back ( Fig. 4A–B ).

Figures

Fig. 4. Leptopelis bocagii, BNP. (A) female with plain back; (B) male with blotch in back.