Hyperolius concolor (Hallowell, 1844)

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 : 84

Hyperolius concolor (Hallowell, 1844)

Uniform Reed Frog

Material: One female, NGK-Nimba 0011 ( Fig. 9A ), and two males, NGK-Nimba 0012 ( Fig. 9B ), NGK-Nimba 0020 .

Comments: Hyperolius concolor is one of the most common West African frogs, widespread in a range of habitats from savannahs and farmbush to degraded and gallery forests ( Schiøtz 1967; Rödel 2000). It even has been reported from urban sites ( Kouamé et al. 2015). Calling males were abundant in rice paddies and grasscovered edges of ponds (07°31.928’N, 008°25.401’W; 425 m asl). The species is dichromatic ( Portik et al. 2019), with females exhibiting a uniform light yellowishgreen back with reddish toe discs (SUL: 32.0–33.0 mm, N = 2); males in contrast are brownish, often with some dark patterns between the eyes and on the back (SUL: 23.5–25.5 mm, N = 5).

Figures

Fig. 9. Hyperoliid frogs from Mount Nimba Integrated Nature Reserve: Hyperolius concolor female (A); H. concolor male (B); H. fusciventris fusciventris male (C); H. guttulatus female (D); H. lamottei female (E); H. lamottei male (F); H. nimbae female (G); H. nimbae male (H).