Arthroleptis
| Arthroleptis | |
|---|---|
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| Arthroleptis wahlbergii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Arthroleptidae |
| Subfamily: | Arthroleptinae |
| Genus: | Arthroleptis Smith, 1849 |
| Diversity | |
| 47 species (see text) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Schoutedenella De Witte, 1921 | |
Arthroleptis is a genus of frogs in the family Arthroleptidae found in tropical Africa. Their common name is screeching frogs, sometimes simply squeakers.[1]
Species
There are 47 species:[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 |
| Laurent's screeching frog | Arthroleptis discodactylus (Laurent, 1954) |
| 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) |
| 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Arthroleptis Smith, 1849". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 21 August 2014.