Leptopelis macrotis Schiøtz, 1967

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 : 80

Leptopelis macrotis Schiøtz, 1967

Large-eared Tree Frog

Material: Three males, NGK-Nimba 0017 , NGK-Nimba 0018 , NGK-Nimba 0131 ( Fig. 6E ) .

Comments: Leptopelis macrotis is one of the largest species in the genus. It occurs in primary forests, preferentially at the edges of streams, from eastern Sierra Leone to Ghana ( Schiøtz 1967; Rödel et al. 2014; Channing and Rödel 2019). In Ivory Coast, as in its entire range, the species is threatened due to forest degradation and conversion, e.g., two of its Ivorian sites (see Rödel and Branch 2002) have been recently converted into rubber plantations (P.J. Adeba, pers. comm.). During this survey, only three males of L. macrotis were recorded, two of which were found during the dry season. Both frogs (45.5 and 48.5 mm SUL) were perched on a branch of a broad leaf, at ~ 2.5 m height, close to a large stream (07°33.121’N, 008°25.036’W; 422 m asl). The third male (42.5 mm SUL), in contrast, was found in a degraded forest during the rainy season. This male was perched on a branch, at 75 cm above the ground, close to a large stream (07°31.932’N, 008°25.508’W; 387 m asl).

Figures

Fig. 6.Arthroleptid frogs from MountNimba Integrated Nature Reserve:Arthroleptis crusculum male(A);Arthroleptis poecilonotus- complex female (B); Astylosternus occidentalis female (C); Cardioglossa occidentalis male (D); Leptopelis macrotis male (E); Leptopelis occidentalis male (F); Leptopelis spiritusnoctis female (G); Leptopelis viridis female (H).