Hyperolius soror ( Chabanaud, 1921 )

Kanga, Kouassi Philippe, Kouamé, N’Goran Germain, Zogbassé, Parfait, Gongomin, Basseu Aude-Inès, Agoh, Konan Laurent, Kouamé, Akoua Michèle, Konan, Jean Christophe B. Y. N., Adepo-Gourène, Abouo Béatrice, Gourène, Germain & Rödel, Mark-Oliver, 2021, Amphibian diversity of a West African biodiversity hotspot: an assessment and commented checklist of the batrachofauna of the Ivorian part of the Nimba Mountains, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 275) 15 (1), pp. 71-107 : 86-88

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.11287122

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11287304

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EEFC14-FFB0-FFD0-FCE6-819FA6EB78FD

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Hyperolius soror ( Chabanaud, 1921 )
status

 

Hyperolius soror ( Chabanaud, 1921) View in CoL

Soror Reed Frog

Material: One female, NGK-Nimba 0125 ( Fig. 10C View Fig ), two males, NGK-Nimba 0126 ( Fig. 10D View Fig ), NGK-Nimba 0127 .

Comments: We heard over a dozen H. soror males calling during the rainy season in a dense grassy swamp, edging forest (07°32.993’N, 008°24.753’W; 425 m asl).

However, only one female and two males were caught there. The species is sexually dimorphic. The female (25.1 mm SUL) had a light green back, with diffuse, minute, reddish-brown spots, red lateral markings, a red stripe from snout to tip of eye, bluish-grey iris, and toes and fingers, including webbing, were faintly red with green tips. Its ventral surface was transparent bluish green. In contrast, both males (SUL 19.1 and 21.1 mm) had a golden iris, a dark red canthal stripe, green dorsum with diffuse, minute, reddish-brown spots, light dorsolateral stripes, and green toes and fingers.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Hyperoliidae

Genus

Hyperolius

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