Leptopelis occidentalis Schiøtz, 1967

Western Tree Frog

Material: Male, NGK-Nimba 0016 (Fig. 6F).

Comments: Leptopelis occidentalis is primary a rainforest treefrog, preferring forests near streams, and ranging from western Ghana, through Ivory Coast to Liberia (Schiøtz 1967; Rödel et al. 2005; Hillers and Rödel 2007; Hillers et al. 2009; Channing and Rödel 2019). After sunset (1830 h GMT), a male (41.5 mm SUL) with a uniform green dorsum was found perching on a shrub at the edge of a forest clearing along a stream (07°33.121’N, 008°25.036’W; 422 m asl). The species is known from several forests in Ivory Coast (Schiøtz 1967; Rödel and Branch 2002; Ernst and Rödel 2008).