Leptopelis broadleyi Poynton, 1985

Bittencourt-Silva, Gabriela B., Bayliss, Julian & Conradie, Werner, 2020, First herpetological surveys of Mount Lico and Mount Socone, Mozambique, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 247) 14 (2), pp. 198-217 : 204

Leptopelis broadleyi Poynton, 1985

Broadley’s Tree Frog

Material. MOUNT LICO (base): BMNH 2018.2495 ( Fig. 3F ). Identification. Dorsal color pattern light brown with isolated darker spots, a dark interorbital triangle with the apex pointing backwards and an inverted “Y” on the dorsum. A broad, pale line is present on the femur, above the vent, and on the outer surfaces of the tarsus and feet. Comments. Schiøtz (1975) renamed Poynton’s L. concolor as L. argenteus meridionalis . However, as the name meridionalis was preoccupied, Poynton (1985) renamed the species L. broadleyi in recognition of Dr. D.G. Broadley’s note on the differences in call between this species and L. mossambicus . There has been some uncertainty regarding the validity of L. broadleyi (see Ohler and Frétey 2015, p. 79–80). For further discussion about the taxonomy of this species see Comments under Leptopelis argenteus in Frost (2020). This specimen was found in dry leaf litter close to a marshy area on the way to the climbing point of Mount Lico.

Figures

Fig. 3. Amphibians from Mount Lico and Mount Socone, northern Mozambique. (A) Arthroleptis aff. francei; (B) Arthroleptis sp.; (C) A. stenodactylus (mountain form); (D) A. stenodactylus (lowland form); (E) A. xenodactyloides; (F) Leptopelis broadleyi; (G) L. flavomaculatus; (H) Breviceps sp.; (I) Mertensophryne cf. loveridgei; (J) Sclerophrys gutturalis; (K) Hemisus marmoratus; (L) Hyperolius marmoratus albofasciatus; (M–O) H. substriatus; (P) H. tuberilinguis; (Q) Nothophryne sp.; (R) Scolecomorphus kirkii.