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A small to medium-sized Hyperolius (males 19–28 mm, females 19–27 mm). Males brownish to green, usually with a white dorsolateral line and rather small gular flap. The females have a uniform green dorsum delimited from the white ventrum by an irregular black lateral line. Pupil horizontal. H. cinnamomeoventris is among the very few Hyperolius to be found both in forest (although in clearings) and savanna localities. There might be small morphological differences between the bushland and savanna populations and in Cameroun Amiet has noted differences in the voice between such populations. It is thus not unlikely that two very similar, cryptic species are involved.H. cinnamomeoventris is very similar to the sympatric H. kivuensis, and some specimens may be impossible to identify. H. cinnamomeoventris is generally smaller, with a shorter snout, smaller gular flap and more distinct light dorsolateral stripe in males. In H. kivuensis both sexes have the same pattern, while in H. cinnamomeoventris the females are green.H. cinnamomeoventris is also very similar to some populations of H. lateralis. The best distinguishing character is the entirely different voice. Finally, it resembles the poorly known H. schoutedeni. The males may be inseparable, but the female of schoutedeni has the same colour-pattern as the male.Hyperolius fimbriolatus is a synonym for H. cinnamomeoventris (Lötters et al. 2001)This account was taken from "Treefrogs of Africa" by Arne Schiøtz with kind permission from Edition Chimaira (http://www.chimaira.de/) publishers, Frankfurt am Main.
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Distribution and Habitat

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Found in both bushland and savanna localities from Cameroun to Uganda and westernmost Kenya. Also from R. D. Congo southwards to Angola.
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Life History, Abundance, Activity, and Special Behaviors

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The call is a succession of brief, rather high-pitched distinct clicks, sometimes double, with an indistinct frequency-intensity maximum at about 3500–4000 cps.The eggs are unpigmented, the jelly milky.
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Hyperolius cinnamomeoventris

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Hyperolius cinnamomeoventris is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, and possibly in Central African Republic, Rwanda, Sudan, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, and ponds.

References

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Hyperolius cinnamomeoventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16854256A16854265. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T16854256A16854265.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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Hyperolius cinnamomeoventris: Brief Summary

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Hyperolius cinnamomeoventris is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, and possibly in Central African Republic, Rwanda, Sudan, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, and ponds.

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