Amnirana lepus (Andersson, 1903)

Badjedjea, Gabriel, Masudi, Franck M., Akaibe, Benjamin Dudu & Gvoždík, Václav, 2022, Amphibians of Kokolopori: an introduction to the amphibian fauna of the Central Congolian Lowland Forests, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 301) 16 (1), pp. 35-70 : 62

Amnirana lepus (Andersson, 1903)

Fig. 11G .

Area: Yalokole, Yetee, Yotemankele.

Season/survey: Wet (May 2018, Nov 2018), dry (Aug 2019).

Material: CSB:Herp: RNBK 131, 155, 179, 209, 210, 230, 419, 561–564, 567–569, 575, 609, 682–684, 686– 689, 692, 693; IVB-H-CD 18052, 18064, 18065.

Comments: This species is known from Cameroon to DRC, but has also recently been recorded in northern Angola ( Jongsma et al. 2018; Ernst et al. 2020). Compared to A. cf. albolabris , it has been encountered relatively rarely in Kokolopori. It is more confined to forested habitats than the previous species. Females are much larger than males.

Figures

Fig. 11. Pipids (Hymenochirus, Xenopus), ranids (Amnirana), and a rhacophorid (Chiromantis). (A) Hymenochirus cf. boettgeri (male). (B) H. cf. boulengeri (male). (C) Xenopus pygmaeus (female). (D) X. pygmaeus, tadpole. (E) Amnirana cf. albolabris (male). (F) Amnirana cf. albolabris, dark morph with contrasting color pattern (male). (G) A. lepus (male). (H) Chiromantis cf. rufescens (male).