Leptopelis bocagii (Günther, 1865)

Baptista, Ninda L., António, Telmo & Branch, William R., 2019, The herpetofauna of Bicuar National Park and surroundings, southwestern Angola: a preliminary checklist, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 203) 13 (2), pp. 96-130 : 102

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scientific name	Leptopelis bocagii (Günther, 1865)
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Leptopelis bocagii (Günther, 1865) View in CoL

Bocage's Burrowing Treefrog ( Fig. 4A–B View Fig )

Material: NB520 (30); NB546 (28); NB547 (29); NB710 (27); NB765 (27); NB766 (27).

Comment: Reported in several localities in Angola ( Ceríaco et al. 2018c; Marques et al. 2018), including recent records from Huíla Province ( Baptista et al. 2018). It is considered a complex of cryptic species ( Schiøtz 1999), and the Angolan material assigned to Hylambates angolensis Bocage, 1893 , currently in the synonymy of L. bocagii , requires further study ( Perret 1976). Dorsal coloration of individuals in BNP varied from completely plain to black with a horseshoe shaped blotch with white dots in the back ( Fig. 4A–B View Fig ).

References

Baptista N, Antonio T, Branch WR. 2018. Amphibians and reptiles of the Tundavala region of the Angolan escarpment. Biodiversity & Ecology 6: 397 - 403.

Ceriaco LMP, Marques MP, Bandeira S, Backburn DC, Bauer AM. 2018 c. Herpetological survey of Cangandala National Park, with a synoptic list of the amphibians and reptiles of Malanje Province, Central Angola. Herpetological Review 49 (3): 408 - 431.

Marques MP, Ceriaco LMP, Blackburn DC, Bauer AM. 2018. Diversity and distribution of the amphibians and terrestrial reptiles of Angola: atlas of historical and bibliographic records (1840 - 2017). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 65 (Supplement II): 1 - 501.

Perret J-L. 1976. Revision des amphibiens africains et principalement des types, conserves au Musee Bocage de Lisbonne. Arquivos do Museu Bocage Series 2, 6: 15 - 34.

Schiotz A. 1999. Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, Germany. 350 p.