Arthroleptis
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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 Template:Convert snout-vent length.[3] The largest species (Arthroleptis nikeae and Arthroleptis tanneri) reach body lengths around Template:Convert. 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, 1966Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Rugegewald screeching frog | Arthroleptis adolfifriederici Nieden, 1911Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Ahl's squeaker | Arthroleptis affinis Ahl, 1939Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Arthroleptis anotis Loader, Poynton, Lawson, Blackburn, and Menegon, 2011Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Freetown long-fingered frog | Arthroleptis aureoli (Schiøtz, 1964)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Arthroleptis bioko Blackburn, 2010Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Tumbo-Insel screeching frog | Arthroleptis bivittatus Müller, 1885Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Togo screeching frog | Arthroleptis brevipes Ahl, 1924Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Carqueja's squeaker | Arthroleptis carquejai Ferreira, 1906Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Guinea screeching frog | Arthroleptis crusculum Angel, 1950Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Arthroleptis fichika Blackburn, 2009Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Arthroleptis formosus Rödel, Kouamé, Doumbia, and Sandberger, 2011Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Ruo River screeching frog | Arthroleptis francei Loveridge, 1953Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Itombwe screeching frog | Arthroleptis hematogaster (Laurent, 1954)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Arthroleptis kidogo Blackburn, 2009Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Krokosua squeaking frog, Giant squeaker frog |
Arthroleptis krokosua Ernst, Agyei, and Rödel, 2008Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Arthroleptis kutogundua Blackburn, 2012Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Lameer's squeaker | Arthroleptis lameerei De Witte, 1921Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Lonnberg's squeaker | Arthroleptis langeri Rödel, Doumbia, Johnson, and Hillers, 2009Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Loveridge's screeching frog | Arthroleptis loveridgei De Witte, 1933Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Mosso screeching frog | Arthroleptis mossoensis (Laurent, 1954)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Arthroleptis nguruensis Poynton, Menegon, and Loader, 2009Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Nike's squeaker | Arthroleptis nikeae Poynton, 2003Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Mount Nimba screeching frog | Arthroleptis nimbaensis Angel, 1950Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Arthroleptis nlonakoensis (Plath, Herrmann, and Böhme, 2006)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Arthroleptis palava Blackburn, Gvoždík, and Leaché, 2010Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Arthroleptis perreti Blackburn, Gonwouo, Ernst, and Rödel, 2009Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Lomami screeching frog | Arthroleptis phrynoides (Laurent, 1976)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Mottled squeaker | Arthroleptis poecilonotus Peters, 1863Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Kivu screeching frog | Arthroleptis pyrrhoscelis Laurent, 1952Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Reiche's squeaker | Arthroleptis reichei Nieden, 1911Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Schubotz's squeaker | Arthroleptis schubotzi Nieden, 1911Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Tanganyika screeching frog | Arthroleptis spinalis Boulenger, 1919Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Common squeaker | Arthroleptis stenodactylus Pfeffer, 1893Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Kambai squeaker | Arthroleptis stridens (Pickersgill, 2007)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Forest screeching frog | Arthroleptis sylvaticus (Laurent, 1954)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Striped screeching frog | Arthroleptis taeniatus Boulenger, 1906Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Tanzania screeching frog | Arthroleptis tanneri Grandison, 1983Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Cave squeaker | Arthroleptis troglodytes Poynton, 1963Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Rainforest screeching frog | Arthroleptis tuberosus Andersson, 1905Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Buea screeching frog | Arthroleptis variabilis Matschie, 1893Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Mwana screeching frog | Arthroleptis vercammeni (Laurent, 1954)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Arthroleptis wageri FitzSimons, 1930Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Wahlberg's humus Frog | Arthroleptis wahlbergii Smith, 1849Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Plain squeaker | Arthroleptis xenochirus Boulenger, 1905Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Dwarf squeaker | Arthroleptis xenodactyloides Hewitt, 1933Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Eastern squeaker | Arthroleptis xenodactylus Boulenger, 1909Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Zimmer's screeching frog | Arthroleptis zimmeri (Ahl, 1925)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |