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Leptopelis karissimbensis Ahl, 1929
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This species is known only from high altitudes in north-western Rwanda, south-western Uganda and adjacent eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Its range is centred on the Virunga volcanoes, with an altitudinal range of 2,000-2,800m asl and occasionally down to 1,500m asl. The map in Schiotz (1999) is in error, since it is, by mistake, a duplicate of that for Leptopelis oryi.
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Montane grasslands in south-western Uganda and adjacent R.D. Congo.
- Schiøtz, A. (1999). Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
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Habitat and Ecology
Systems
- Terrestrial
- Freshwater
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Red List Criteria
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Year Assessed
- Needs updating
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Reviewer/s
Contributor/s
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Population
Population Trend
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The voice is a buzzing followed by a slow, atonal clack, sometimes a clack alone.
- Schiøtz, A. (1999). Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
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Major Threats
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Conservation Actions
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The Karissimbi forest tree frog, Leptopelis karissimbensis, is a species of frog in the Hyperoliidae family found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References[edit]
- Schiøtz, A. & Drewes, R. 2004. Leptopelis karissimbensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.
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A rather small Leptopelis from montane grassland and highland heather in eastern R. D. Congo and south-western Uganda with reduced webbing and a small tympanum. Dorsum often green. Vocal sac in males blue.
This account was taken from "Treefrogs of Africa" by Arne Schiøtz with kind permission from Edition Chimaira publishers, Frankfurt am Main.
- Schiøtz, A. (1999). Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
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