Arthroleptis
Arthroleptis | |
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Arthroleptis wahlbergii | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Arthroleptidae |
Subfamily: | Arthroleptinae |
Genus: | Arthroleptis Smith, 1849 |
Type species | |
Arthroleptis wahlbergii Smith, 1849
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Diversity | |
About 47 species (see text) | |
Synonyms | |
Schoutedenella De Witte, 1921 |
Arthroleptis is a genus of frogs in the family Arthroleptidae found in tropical sub-Saharan Africa.[1][2] Their common names include screeching frogs, sometimes simply squeakers.[1]
Description[]
These species are terrestrial breeding, with direct development (metamorphosis to froglets occurs within the egg). Many species in this genus are small, or very small, frogs with a minimum adult size of 15 mm (0.59 in) snout-vent length.[3] The largest species (Arthroleptis nikeae and Arthroleptis tanneri) reach body lengths around 55 mm (2.2 in). It was hypothesized that small species evolved from larger ones, but in fact the opposite seems to be case.[2]
Arthroleptis species are terrestrial leaf-litter frogs that feed on a range of terrestrial arthropods, such as ants and termites.[2]
Species[]
Forty-seven[1] to 49[4] species are known; this list follows the Amphibian Species of the World:[1]
Common name | Binomial name |
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Foulassi screeching frog | Arthroleptis adelphus Perret, 1966 |
Rugegewald screeching frog | Arthroleptis adolfifriederici Nieden, 1911 |
Ahl's squeaker | Arthroleptis affinis Ahl, 1939 |
Loader, Poynton, Lawson, Blackburn, and Menegon, 2011 | |
Freetown long-fingered frog | Arthroleptis aureoli (Schiøtz, 1964) |
Blackburn, 2010 | |
Tumbo-Insel screeching frog | Arthroleptis bivittatus Müller, 1885 |
Togo screeching frog | Arthroleptis brevipes Ahl, 1924 |
Carqueja's squeaker | Arthroleptis carquejai Ferreira, 1906 |
Guinea screeching frog | Arthroleptis crusculum Angel, 1950 |
Blackburn, 2009 | |
Rödel, Kouamé, Doumbia, and Sandberger, 2011 | |
Ruo River screeching frog | Arthroleptis francei Loveridge, 1953 |
Itombwe screeching frog | Arthroleptis hematogaster (Laurent, 1954) |
Blackburn, 2009 | |
Krokosua squeaking frog, Giant squeaker frog |
Ernst, Agyei, and Rödel, 2008 |
Arthroleptis kutogundua Blackburn, 2012 | |
Lameer's squeaker | Arthroleptis lameerei De Witte, 1921 |
Lonnberg's squeaker | Rödel, Doumbia, Johnson, and Hillers, 2009 |
Loveridge's screeching frog | Arthroleptis loveridgei De Witte, 1933 |
Mosso screeching frog | Arthroleptis mossoensis (Laurent, 1954) |
Poynton, Menegon, and Loader, 2009 | |
Nike's squeaker | Arthroleptis nikeae Poynton, 2003 |
Mount Nimba screeching frog | Arthroleptis nimbaensis Angel, 1950 |
(Plath, Herrmann, and Böhme, 2006) | |
Blackburn, Gvoždík, and Leaché, 2010 | |
Blackburn, Gonwouo, Ernst, and Rödel, 2009 | |
Lomami screeching frog | Arthroleptis phrynoides (Laurent, 1976) |
Mottled squeaker | Arthroleptis poecilonotus Peters, 1863 |
Kivu screeching frog | Arthroleptis pyrrhoscelis Laurent, 1952 |
Reiche's squeaker | Arthroleptis reichei Nieden, 1911 |
Schubotz's squeaker | Arthroleptis schubotzi Nieden, 1911 |
Tanganyika screeching frog | Arthroleptis spinalis Boulenger, 1919 |
Common squeaker | Arthroleptis stenodactylus Pfeffer, 1893 |
Kambai squeaker | (Pickersgill, 2007) |
Forest screeching frog | Arthroleptis sylvaticus (Laurent, 1954) |
Striped screeching frog | Arthroleptis taeniatus Boulenger, 1906 |
Tanzania screeching frog | Arthroleptis tanneri Grandison, 1983 |
Cave squeaker | Arthroleptis troglodytes Poynton, 1963 |
Rainforest screeching frog | Arthroleptis tuberosus Andersson, 1905 |
Buea screeching frog | Arthroleptis variabilis Matschie, 1893 |
Mwana screeching frog | Arthroleptis vercammeni (Laurent, 1954) |
FitzSimons, 1930 | |
Wahlberg's Humus Frog | Arthroleptis wahlbergii Smith, 1849 |
Plain squeaker | Arthroleptis xenochirus Boulenger, 1905 |
Dwarf squeaker | Arthroleptis xenodactyloides Hewitt, 1933 |
Eastern squeaker | Arthroleptis xenodactylus Boulenger, 1909 |
Zimmer's screeching frog | Arthroleptis zimmeri (Ahl, 1925) |
References[]
- ^ a b c d Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Arthroleptis Smith, 1849". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ a b c Blackburn, D. (2008). "Biogeography and evolution of body size and life history of African frogs: Phylogeny of squeakers (Arthroleptis) and long-fingered frogs (Cardioglossa) estimated from mitochondrial data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 49 (3): 806–826. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.08.015. PMID 18804169.
- ^ Blackburn, David C. (March 2011). "Family Arthroleptidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2016. Berkeley, California. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "Arthroleptidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- Arthroleptis
- Arthroleptidae
- Amphibians of Sub-Saharan Africa
- Amphibian genera
- Taxa named by Andrew Smith (zoologist)