AmphibiaWeb - Leptopelis karissimbensis


Leptopelis karissimbensis Ahl, 1929	family: Arthroleptidae genus: Leptopelis

Conservation Status (definitions)

IUCN Red List Status Account	Vulnerable (VU)
CITES	No CITES Listing
National Status	None
Regional Status	None
	Access Conservation Needs Assessment Report .

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	View Bd and Bsal data (15 records).

Description
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.

Distribution and Habitat

Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Congo, the Democratic Republic of the, Rwanda, Uganda

View distribution map in BerkeleyMapper.

View Bd and Bsal data (15 records).

Montane grasslands in south-western Uganda and adjacent R.D. Congo.

Life History, Abundance, Activity, and Special Behaviors
The voice is a buzzing followed by a slow, atonal clack, sometimes a clack alone.

Comments
This account was taken from "Treefrogs of Africa" by Arne Schiøtz with kind permission from Edition Chimaira publishers, Frankfurt am Main.

References

Schiøtz, A. (1999). Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.

Originally submitted by: Arne Schiøtz (first posted 2001-02-12)
Edited by: Kellie Whittaker (2008-09-10)

Species Account Citation: AmphibiaWeb 2008 Leptopelis karissimbensis <https://amphibiaweb.org/species/3653> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed Nov 22, 2024.

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