Leptopelis spiritusnoctis Rödel, 2007

Kanga, Kouassi Philippe, Kouamé, N’Goran Germain, Zogbassé, Parfait, Gongomin, Basseu Aude-Inès, Agoh, Konan Laurent, Kouamé, Akoua Michèle, Konan, Jean Christophe B. Y. N., Adepo-Gourène, Abouo Béatrice, Gourène, Germain & Rödel, Mark-Oliver, 2021, Amphibian diversity of a West African biodiversity hotspot: an assessment and commented checklist of the batrachofauna of the Ivorian part of the Nimba Mountains, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 275) 15 (1), pp. 71-107 : 80

Leptopelis spiritusnoctis Rödel, 2007

Ghostly Tree Frog

Material: Female, NGK-Nimba 0087 ( Fig. 6G ).

Comments: Leptopelis spiritusnoctis inhabits patches of degraded and primary forests, from Sierra Leone to Nigeria ( Schiøtz 1967; Rödel 2007; Rödel et al. 2014). During this survey we collected only one female (33.5 mm SUL) in a tree at the edge of a stream (07°33.121’N, 008°25.036’W; 422 m asl).

Figures

Fig. 6.Arthroleptid frogs from MountNimba Integrated Nature Reserve:Arthroleptis crusculum male(A);Arthroleptis poecilonotus- complex female (B); Astylosternus occidentalis female (C); Cardioglossa occidentalis male (D); Leptopelis macrotis male (E); Leptopelis occidentalis male (F); Leptopelis spiritusnoctis female (G); Leptopelis viridis female (H).