Hyperolius adspersus (Peters 1877)

Jongsma, Gregory F. M., Tobi, Elie, Dixon-MacCallum, Graham P., Bamba-Kaya, Abraham, Yoga, Jean-Aimé, Mbega, Jean-Daniel, Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Emrich, Andrea M., Blackburn Abstract. - We, David C., This, Gabon. & Park, Batéké Plateau National, 2017, Amphibians of Haut-Ogooué Province, southeastern Gabon, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 144) 11 (1), pp. 1-23 : 12

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13226703

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scientific name

Hyperolius adspersus (Peters 1877)
status

 

Hyperolius adspersus (Peters 1877) View in CoL

Material: Twelve (12) specimens. Doumaye: CAS 258167–69, 258332–33, 258170; GFMJ 1303–06. Fig. 7E–G View Fig .

Comments: We found H. adspersus in open, natural savanna habitat. Individuals called in high densities from grasses in and at the edge of shallow ponds. This species was previously considered a part of the Hyperolius nasutus complex ( Channing et al. 2013). This species is known from Batéké Plateau NP, Loango NP ( Burger et al. 2006), Moukalaba-Doudou NP ( Burger et al. 2004), and Pongara NP (Pauwels 2016). It is also known from Libreville (Gratwick et al. 2011).

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Hyperoliidae

Genus

Hyperolius

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