Arthroleptis francei Loveridge, 1953

Conradie, Werner, Bittencourt-Silva, Gabriela B., Engelbrecht, Hanlie M., Loader, Simon P., Menegon, Michele, Nanvonamuquitxo, Cristovao, Scott, Michael & Tolley, Krystal A., 2016, Exploration into the hidden world of Mozambique's sky island forests: new discoveries of reptiles and amphibians, Zoosystematics and Evolution 92 (2), pp. 163-180 : 166

Arthroleptis francei Loveridge, 1953

Material

Mt. Mabu ( PEM A11180 , male, 25.5 mm SUL; PEM A11181 , male, 21.4 mm SUL; PEM A11182 , male, 22.9 mm SUL; PEM A11183 , male, 19.0 mm SUL; PEM A11192 , female, 34.5 mm SUL; PEM A11193 , female, 24.6 mm SUL, PEM A11194 , male, 20.6 mm SUL; PEM A11195 , juvenile, 12.1 mm SUL; PEM A11196 , juvenile, 14.7 mm SUL; PEM A11197 , juvenile, 17.3 mm SUL; PEM A11198 , male, 23.16 mm SUL; PEM A11199 , female, 34.7 mm SUL; PEM A11200 , male, 24.7 mm SUL; PEM A11201 , female, 21.5 mm SUL; PEM A11202 , male, 21.4 mm SUL; PEM A11204 , male, 25.7 mm SUL; PEM A11205 , juvenile, 18.5 mm SUL; PEM A11206 , female, 23.2 mm SUL; PEM A11207 , male, 23.6 mm SUL; PEM A11208 , male, 22.8 mm SUL; PEM A11209 , female, 31.3 mm SUL; PEM A11268 , female, 31.0 mm SUL; PEM A11292 , female, 36.2 mm SUL; PEM A11294 , juvenile, 15.1 mm SUL; PEM A11403 , female, 31.8 mm SUL), Mt. Namuli ( PEM A11296 , juvenile, 13.0 mm SUL; PEM A11297 , juvenile, 16.6 mm SUL; PEM A11298 , female, 32.6 mm SUL; PEM A11299 , male, 20.4 mm SUL; PEM A11303 , female, 32.0 mm SUL; PEM A11304 , male, 24.8 mm SUL; PEM A11305 , juvenile, 17.4 mm SUL; PEM A11306 , juvenile, 17.8 mm SUL; PEM A11307 , female, 35.4 mm SUL; PEM A11308 , juvenile, 18.4 mm SUL; PEM A11341 , juvenile, 15.0 mm SUL; PEM A11398 , male, 24.0 mm SUL; PEM A11404 , female, 35.5 mm SUL) .

Comments

Specimens were collected from moist leaf litter in closed-canopy forest (Fig. 3A ). Some individuals were found sitting on low vegetation (<1 m). All mature males exhibit extended third finger and dark throat.

Figures

Figure 3. A selection of amphibians from northern Mozambique inselbergs. A - Arthroleptis francei (Mt. Namuli, PEM A 11303), B - Arthroleptis xenodactyloides (Mt. Mabu), C - Arthroleptis stenodactylus (Mt. Mabu), D - Amietia delalandii (Mt. Namuli, PEM A 11319), E - Nothophryne cf. broadleyi (Mt. M'paluwe, PEM A 11370), F - Nothophryne cf. broadleyi (Mt. Namuli), G - Strongylopus cf. fuelleborni (Mt. Mabu, PEM A 11184), H - Scolecomorphus cf. kirkii (Mt. Mabu, PEM A 11248).