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Leptopelis spiritusnoctis Rödel, 2007
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The voice has two elements, a clack and a quiet buzzing. The clack has a very indistinct frequency-intensity maximum at 3000 cps., audibly higher than the voice of the similar L. viridis. The buzzing consists of 15-20 figures at a rate of about 60 per second and an indistinct frequency-intensity maximum at 2500-3000 cps.
The eggs are large, unpigmented, and yolk-filled and develop very slowly.
- Rödel, M. O. (2007). ''The identity of Hylambates hyloides and description of a new small species of Leptopelis from West Africa.'' Mitt. Mus. Nat. Berlin, Zool., 83, 90-100.
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Major Threats
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Leptopelis spiritusnoctis, previously known as Leptopelis hyloides, is a species of frogs in the Hyperoliidae family found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forests.
References[edit]
- Schiøtz, A. & Rödel, M.-O. 2004. Leptopelis hyloides. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.
- Schiøtz, Arne 2008-09-10. [1]. [AmphibiaWeb ] Downloaded on 27 July 2012.
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A new name for what has traditionally (but wrongfully) called Leptopelis hyloides. The type of L. hyloides is, however, a L. viridis.
A rather small forest-living Leptopelis (males 30-35 mm, females 46-49 mm) from West Africa with more webbing than L. viridis, less than L. occidentalis. Dorsum brown or grey with a darker hour-glass pattern.
The tadpole is eel-shaped and darkly pigmented. Maximum length 34 mm (12 + 22). The mouth is small, situated anteriorly on the ventral side of the snout. Tooth formula 1, 3+3/3.
- Rödel, M. O. (2007). ''The identity of Hylambates hyloides and description of a new small species of Leptopelis from West Africa.'' Mitt. Mus. Nat. Berlin, Zool., 83, 90-100.
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This species ranges from Sierra Leone, through southern Guinea, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana to southwestern Togo, with a disjunctive population in southern Benin and Nigeria. It is confined to low elevations.
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Abundant in the forest belt throughout West Africa as far as Cross River in eastern Nigeria.
- Rödel, M. O. (2007). ''The identity of Hylambates hyloides and description of a new small species of Leptopelis from West Africa.'' Mitt. Mus. Nat. Berlin, Zool., 83, 90-100.
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Habitat and Ecology
Systems
- Terrestrial
- Freshwater
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Red List Criteria
Year Assessed
Assessor/s
Reviewer/s
Contributor/s
Justification
History
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2008Least Concern
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Population
Population Trend
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