Leptopelis christyi (Boulenger, 1912)
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.12761585 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12761631 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038887AC-FFCB-D41B-7B5A-F93AFDA0FC0F |
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Leptopelis christyi (Boulenger, 1912) |
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Leptopelis christyi (Boulenger, 1912) View in CoL
Fig. 5C–E View Fig .
Area: Bechuchuu, Yalokole, Yotemankele.
Season/survey: Wet (May 2018, Nov 2018), dry (Aug 2019, Jul 2020).
Material: CSB:Herp: RNBK 171, 183, 227, 242, 243,
250, 252, 270, 271, 293, 586, 622, 638, 644, 763, 800– 802, 808, 809, 812, 813; IVB-H-CD 18341.
Comments: This treefrog is locally common (e.g., found in flooded forest) but missing or difficult to detect in other places. Two color morphs were recorded: the more common brown morph ( Fig. 5C View Fig ), and the browngreen morph (with a green dorsal triangle, stripes on limbs, and other smaller markings) which is rarely almost completely green ( Fig. 5D View Fig ). Juveniles are bright green with yellowish joints on the limbs ( Fig. 5E View Fig ). Interestingly, only a single specimen (metamorph) was found during the survey in November, when no adults were found. The metamorph was perched about 1 m high on herbaceous vegetation along a larger stream, together with tens of metamorphs of L. ocellatus schiotzi . This species was described from a forested region in Uganda and has been considered to be an eastern Central African element (e.g., Channing and Rödel 2019; Schiøtz 1999). However, based on accumulating evidence (e.g., Amiet 2012; Dewynter and Frétey 2019; V. Gvoždík, unpub. obs.), it seems that this treefrog is widespread in Central Africa from Cameroon and Gabon across the forested zone of the Congo Basin, and marginally to East Africa. Its presence in Angola is also possible.
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