Leptopelis aubryi (Dumeril, 1856)

Figures 4G and 5A

Material. ANGOLA – Cabinda Province • between Dinge and Chindende; –5.1208, 12.3667; 15 m a.s.l.; FKH 0171–73; GenBank: PQ455803–05. • Fazenda Mandarim; – 5.0553, 12.0610; 14 m a.s.l.; P4.072; GenBank: PQ455845. • Mayombe NP, Sanga Mongo; –4.6661, 12.4407; 146 m a.s.l.; FKH 0954−55, FKH 0961, FKH 0968, P2.091; GenBank: PQ455808–12. • Mayombe NP, Mbundu; –4.6875, 12.4981; 127 m a.s.l.; P3.214, P3.223, P4.098, P4.103–04; GenBank: PQ455813–14, PQ455847–49. • Mayombe NP, Sanga Wanda; –4.6253, 12.4583; 221 m a.s.l.; FKH 1225−28, FKH 1261; GenBank: PQ455822– 26. • Mayombe NP, Bata Lunhuca; –4.5981, 12.4597; 215 m a.s.l.; P4.086; GenBank: PQ455846. • Mayombe NP, Miconge; –4.4860, 12.8780; 377 m a.s.l.; FKH 1030, P2.231, P3.172; GenBank: PQ455834–36. • Mayombe NP, Vaku; –.6323, 12.8937; 319 m a.s.l.; FKH 0930, FKH 0939; GenBank: PQ455837–38. • Mayombe NP, Lombe River, Vaku; – 4.6403, 12.935; 269 m a.s.l.; FKH 1247, FKH 1249−50, P3.166, P3.169, FKH 1252, GenBank: PQ455839–44.

Identification. A small Leptopelis (SVL = 42–59 mm) with an orange upper margin to the eyes, often with a dark triangle between the eyes (Channing and Rödel 2019). The specimens here reported are identical (16S p -distance) to material from Lekoumou, Republic of the Congo (GenBank: KY080240) and almost identical to material from Tchimbélé, Gabon (0.4% 16S p -distances; GenBank: KF888326).

Biology and distribution. The species is widely distributed in the Gulf of Guinea from Nigeria to northern Angola (Marques et al. 2018; Channing and Rödel 2019; Ernst et al. 2020; Baptista 2024). The species can be found in branches near swampy areas, ponds and riverine areas in primary forest, but also in secondary forest and degraded forest edges (Channing and Rödel 2019). In Cabinda Province, it is the most abundant Leptopelis species, present in all four main ecological zones. Often found low in bushes, leaves or branches, and in sympatry with all the other Leptopelis species recorded in the province.