Leptopelis barbouri Ahl, 1929
This species is named for Thomas Barbour (1884 – 1946), an American herpetologist who was director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University from 1927 until 1946.
A slender frog with a translucent green dorsum, often with yellow flecking. The eyes are white with red-orange variegations and are edged with black. The tympanum is small and barely visible. The snout is sharply pointed. In males the throat is bluish green. Toes end in large disks and are roughly half webbed. Males have pectoral glands (Text from Harper et al., 2010).
Leptopelis parkeri has similar eyes, but differs substantially from L. barbouri in dorsal coloration (Text from Harper et al., 2010).
Males range from 32 – 39 mm in snout-vent length, and females measure 38 – 58 mm (Harper et al., 2010).
This species is found in montane rainforest at elevations between 700 – 2100 m, and it is often found along streams (Harper et al., 2010).
Eggs are laid in burrows, sometimes as far as 10 m from a stream. Tadpoles move to water upon hatching (Text from Harper et al., 2010).