Arthroleptis Smith 1849

Arthroleptis is a genus of frogs in the family Arthroleptidae found in tropical sub-Saharan Africa.^[1][2] Their common names include screeching frogs, sometimes simply squeakers.^[1]

Description

These species are terrestrial breeding, with direct development (metamorphosis to froglets occurs within the egg). Many species in this genus are small, or very small, frogs with a minimum adult size of 15 mm (0.59 in) snout-vent length.^[3] The largest species (Arthroleptis nikeae and Arthroleptis tanneri) reach body lengths around 55 mm (2.2 in). It was hypothesized that small species evolved from larger ones, but in fact the opposite seems to be case.^[2]

Arthroleptis species are terrestrial leaf-litter frogs that feed on a range of terrestrial arthropods, such as ants and termites.^[2]

Species

Forty-seven^[1] to 49^[4] species are known; this list follows the Amphibian Species of the World:^[1]

Common name Binomial name Foulassi screeching frog Arthroleptis adelphus Perret, 1966 Rugegewald screeching frog Arthroleptis adolfifriederici Nieden, 1911 Ahl's squeaker Arthroleptis affinis Ahl, 1939 Arthroleptis anotis Loader, Poynton, Lawson, Blackburn, and Menegon, 2011 Freetown long-fingered frog Arthroleptis aureoli (Schiøtz, 1964) Arthroleptis bioko Blackburn, 2010 Tumbo-Insel screeching frog Arthroleptis bivittatus Müller, 1885 Togo screeching frog Arthroleptis brevipes Ahl, 1924 Carqueja's squeaker Arthroleptis carquejai Ferreira, 1906 Guinea screeching frog Arthroleptis crusculum Angel, 1950 Arthroleptis fichika Blackburn, 2009 Arthroleptis formosus Rödel, Kouamé, Doumbia, and Sandberger, 2011 Ruo River screeching frog Arthroleptis francei Loveridge, 1953 Itombwe screeching frog Arthroleptis hematogaster (Laurent, 1954) Arthroleptis kidogo Blackburn, 2009 Krokosua squeaking frog,
Giant squeaker frog Arthroleptis krokosua Ernst, Agyei, and Rödel, 2008 Arthroleptis kutogundua Blackburn, 2012 Lameer's squeaker Arthroleptis lameerei De Witte, 1921 Lonnberg's squeaker Arthroleptis langeri Rödel, Doumbia, Johnson, and Hillers, 2009 Loveridge's screeching frog Arthroleptis loveridgei De Witte, 1933 Mosso screeching frog Arthroleptis mossoensis (Laurent, 1954) Arthroleptis nguruensis Poynton, Menegon, and Loader, 2009 Nike's squeaker Arthroleptis nikeae Poynton, 2003 Mount Nimba screeching frog Arthroleptis nimbaensis Angel, 1950 Arthroleptis nlonakoensis (Plath, Herrmann, and Böhme, 2006) Arthroleptis palava Blackburn, Gvoždík, and Leaché, 2010 Arthroleptis perreti Blackburn, Gonwouo, Ernst, and Rödel, 2009 Lomami screeching frog Arthroleptis phrynoides (Laurent, 1976) Mottled squeaker Arthroleptis poecilonotus Peters, 1863 Kivu screeching frog Arthroleptis pyrrhoscelis Laurent, 1952 Reiche's squeaker Arthroleptis reichei Nieden, 1911 Schubotz's squeaker Arthroleptis schubotzi Nieden, 1911 Tanganyika screeching frog Arthroleptis spinalis Boulenger, 1919 Common squeaker Arthroleptis stenodactylus Pfeffer, 1893 Kambai squeaker Arthroleptis stridens (Pickersgill, 2007) Forest screeching frog Arthroleptis sylvaticus (Laurent, 1954) Striped screeching frog Arthroleptis taeniatus Boulenger, 1906 Tanzania screeching frog Arthroleptis tanneri Grandison, 1983 Cave squeaker Arthroleptis troglodytes Poynton, 1963 Rainforest screeching frog Arthroleptis tuberosus Andersson, 1905 Buea screeching frog Arthroleptis variabilis Matschie, 1893 Mwana screeching frog Arthroleptis vercammeni (Laurent, 1954) Arthroleptis wageri FitzSimons, 1930 Wahlberg's humus Frog Arthroleptis wahlbergii Smith, 1849 Plain squeaker Arthroleptis xenochirus Boulenger, 1905 Dwarf squeaker Arthroleptis xenodactyloides Hewitt, 1933 Eastern squeaker Arthroleptis xenodactylus Boulenger, 1909 Zimmer's screeching frog Arthroleptis zimmeri (Ahl, 1925)

References

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