Hyperolius picturatus Peters, 1875

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 : 86

Hyperolius picturatus Peters, 1875

Painted Reed Frog

Material: One female, NGK-Nimba 0104 ( Fig. 10A ), and one male, NGK-Nimba 0105 ( Fig. 10B ) .

Comments: Hyperolius picturatus inhabits farmland and forest areas in various state of degradation, from central Ghana to Sierra Leone ( Schiøtz 1967; Rödel 2000; Channing and Rödel 2019). We found the species in an agricultural area of the Yéalé village. The basic dorsal color of males (28.0‒ 31.5 mm, N = 4) was brownish with two light, broad dorsolateral stripes, while the venter, including gular glands, was entirely yellow. A female (35.5 mm) had yellow, broad dorsolateral stripes with some small yellow spots on its black chin. Its venter likewise was bright yellow. This widespread taxon shows some color variation across its range and may comprise two species ( Schiøtz 1967; Rödel and Branch 2002; Rödel and Glos 2019).

Figures

Fig. 10. Hyperoliid frogs from Mount Nimba Integrated Nature Reserve: Hyperolius picturatus female (A); H. picturatus male (B); H. soror female (C); H. soror male (D); H. cf. sylvaticus male (E); H. cf. sylvaticus male in ventral view (F); H. sp. male (NGK- Nimba 0068) (G); H. sp. male (NGK-Nimba 0068) in ventral view (H).