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Hyperolius langi Noble, 1924
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A rather small Hyperolius (males 20–24 mm, females 26–31 mm) from eastern R. D. Congo. Dorsum with an hour-glass pattern and/or light canthal and dorsolateral stripes, the latter sometimes only extending halfway down the body. Ventrum greenish, translucent. Pupil horizontal.
The status of this form is not clear. Laurent divides his large series from Virunga N. P. into a ”facies kuligae”, with an hourglass pattern very similar to H. kuligae from Cameroun and Uganda, and a ”facies langi” which is similar to the type of langi, and outside the variation of the Cameronese H. kuligae. We may therefore have two species confused in eastern R. D. Congo, H. langi and H. kuligae. H. langi may be identical to the more westerly H. platyceps.
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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This species is known with certainty only from northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Its range is very imperfectly known, but at present it has been recorded from Niapu east to Kilo (west of Lake Albert), south to the Virunga National Park. It is likely to occur in Rwanda and Uganda, but there do not appear to be any records. There is little direct information on its altitudinal range, but it is mainly a lowland species that probably occurs up to at least 1,500 m asl.
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Habitat and Ecology
Systems
- Terrestrial
- Freshwater
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Red List Criteria
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History
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2004Least Concern (LC)
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Population
Population Trend
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Major Threats
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Conservation Actions
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Hyperolius langi is a species of frog in the Hyperoliidae family. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, possibly Rwanda, and possibly Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References[edit]
- Schiøtz, A. & Drewes, R. 2004. Hyperolius langi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.
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