Arthroleptis stenodactylus Pfeffer, 1893

Conradie, Werner, Bittencourt-Silva, Gabriela B., Engelbrecht, Hanlie M., Loader, Simon P., Menegon, Michele, Nanvonamuquitxo, Cristovao, Scott, Michael & Tolley, Krystal A., 2016, Exploration into the hidden world of Mozambique's sky island forests: new discoveries of reptiles and amphibians, Zoosystematics and Evolution 92 (2), pp. 163-180 : 166

Arthroleptis stenodactylus Pfeffer, 1893

Material

Mt. Mabu ( PEM A11203 , male, 25.5 mm SUL; PEM A11249 , male, 31.6 mm SUL; PEM A11266 , female, 30.4 mm SUL; PEM A11267 , male, 23.4 mm SUL; PEM A11277 , male, 22.1 mm SUL; PEM A11293 , male, 23.0 mm SUL), Mt. M’pàluwé ( PEM female, 26.1 mm SUL) .

Comments

Found in both dry transitional miombo woodland and montane forest (Fig. 3C ). This species is very similar to Arthroleptis francei , which seems to be more abundant in these forests. One feature that helps to separate these two species is the hind limbs, being shorter in Arthroleptis stenodactylus .

Figures

Figure 3. A selection of amphibians from northern Mozambique inselbergs. A - Arthroleptis francei (Mt. Namuli, PEM A 11303), B - Arthroleptis xenodactyloides (Mt. Mabu), C - Arthroleptis stenodactylus (Mt. Mabu), D - Amietia delalandii (Mt. Namuli, PEM A 11319), E - Nothophryne cf. broadleyi (Mt. M'paluwe, PEM A 11370), F - Nothophryne cf. broadleyi (Mt. Namuli), G - Strongylopus cf. fuelleborni (Mt. Mabu, PEM A 11184), H - Scolecomorphus cf. kirkii (Mt. Mabu, PEM A 11248).