Leptopelis flavomaculatus ( Guenther , 1864)

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 : 166-167

Leptopelis flavomaculatus ( Guenther, 1864)

Material

Mt. Mabu ( PEM A11240 , male, 50.3 mm SUL; PEM A11241 , male, 38.1 mm SUL; PEM A11242 , female, 72.0 mm SUL; PEM A11243 , male, 48.1 mm SUL; PEM A11244 , male, 39.2 mm SUL; PEM A11245 , female, 71.0 mm SUL; PEM A11246 , female, 35.1 mm SUL; PEM A11247 , male, 41.0 mm SUL; PEM A11290 , male, 42.8 mm SUL), Mt. Namuli ( PEM A11309 , female, 65.2 mm SUL) .

Comments

Common along streams at both Mt. Mabu and Mt. Namuli. In most cases, the males of this species are much smaller and have a uniform lime-green dorsum with yellow spots. All the males have well developed pectoral glands. Females are much larger with dull brown dorsum with scattered green spots or patterns.