:Arthroleptis
{{Short description|Genus of amphibians}}
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| image = Arthroleptis wahlbergii.jpg
| image_caption = Arthroleptis wahlbergii
| taxon = Arthroleptis
| authority = Smith, 1849
| type_species = Arthroleptis wahlbergii
| type_species_authority = Smith, 1849
| diversity = About 47 species (see text)
| synonyms = Schoutedenella De Witte, 1921
}}
Arthroleptis is a genus of frogs in the family Arthroleptidae found in tropical sub-Saharan Africa. Their common names include screeching frogs, sometimes simply squeakers.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Arthroleptidae/Arthroleptinae/Arthroleptis |title=Arthroleptis Smith, 1849 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2015 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=10 January 2016}}
Description
These species are terrestrial breeding, with direct development (metamorphosis to froglets occurs within the egg). Many species in this genus are small, or very small, frogs with a minimum adult size of {{convert|15|mm|abbr=on}} snout-vent length.{{cite web|url=http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/faminfo/Arthroleptidae_long.html |last1=Blackburn|first1=David C.|title=Family Arthroleptidae|website=AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2016. Berkeley, California|date=March 2011 |accessdate=10 January 2016}} The largest species (Arthroleptis nikeae and Arthroleptis tanneri) reach body lengths around {{convert|55|mm|abbr=on}}. It was hypothesized that small species evolved from larger ones, but in fact the opposite seems to be case.
Arthroleptis species are terrestrial leaf-litter frogs that feed on a range of terrestrial arthropods, such as ants and termites.{{cite journal|last1=Blackburn|first1=D. |year=2008 |title=Biogeography and evolution of body size and life history of African frogs: Phylogeny of squeakers (Arthroleptis) and long-fingered frogs (Cardioglossa) estimated from mitochondrial data |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=49 |issue=3 |pages=806–826 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2008.08.015 |pmid=18804169|bibcode=2008MolPE..49..806B }}
Species
Forty-seven to 49{{cite web |url=http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Arthroleptidae.shtml |title=Arthroleptidae |year=2016 |work=AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application] |publisher=Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb |accessdate=10 January 2016}} species are known; this list follows the Amphibian Species of the World:
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|Foulassi screeching frog | Arthroleptis adelphus {{small|Perret, 1966}} |
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|Rugegewald screeching frog | Arthroleptis adolfifriederici {{small|Nieden, 1911}} |
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|Ahl's squeaker | Arthroleptis affinis {{small|Ahl, 1939}} |
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| | Arthroleptis anotis {{small|Loader, Poynton, Lawson, Blackburn, and Menegon, 2011}} |
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|Freetown long-fingered frog | Arthroleptis aureoli {{small|(Schiøtz, 1964)}} |
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| | Arthroleptis bioko {{small|Blackburn, 2010}} |
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|Tumbo-Insel screeching frog | Arthroleptis bivittatus {{small|Müller, 1885}} |
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|Togo screeching frog | Arthroleptis brevipes {{small|Ahl, 1924}} |
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|Carqueja's squeaker | Arthroleptis carquejai {{small|Ferreira, 1906}} |
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|Guinea screeching frog | Arthroleptis crusculum {{small|Angel, 1950}} |
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| | Arthroleptis fichika {{small|Blackburn, 2009}} |
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| | Arthroleptis formosus {{small|Rödel, Kouamé, Doumbia, and Sandberger, 2011}} |
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|Ruo River screeching frog | Arthroleptis francei {{small|Loveridge, 1953}} |
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|Itombwe screeching frog | Arthroleptis hematogaster {{small|(Laurent, 1954)}} |
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| | Arthroleptis kidogo {{small|Blackburn, 2009}} |
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|Krokosua squeaking frog, | Arthroleptis krokosua {{small|Ernst, Agyei, and Rödel, 2008}} |
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| | Arthroleptis kutogundua {{small|Blackburn, 2012}} |
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|Lameer's squeaker | Arthroleptis lameerei {{small|De Witte, 1921}} |
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|Lonnberg's squeaker | Arthroleptis langeri {{small|Rödel, Doumbia, Johnson, and Hillers, 2009}} |
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|Loveridge's screeching frog | Arthroleptis loveridgei {{small|De Witte, 1933}} |
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|Mosso screeching frog | Arthroleptis mossoensis {{small|(Laurent, 1954)}} |
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| | Arthroleptis nguruensis {{small|Poynton, Menegon, and Loader, 2009}} |
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|Nike's squeaker | Arthroleptis nikeae {{small|Poynton, 2003}} |
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|Mount Nimba screeching frog | Arthroleptis nimbaensis {{small|Angel, 1950}} |
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| | Arthroleptis nlonakoensis {{small|(Plath, Herrmann, and Böhme, 2006)}} |
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| | Arthroleptis palava {{small|Blackburn, Gvoždík, and Leaché, 2010}} |
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| | Arthroleptis perreti {{small|Blackburn, Gonwouo, Ernst, and Rödel, 2009}} |
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|Lomami screeching frog | Arthroleptis phrynoides {{small|(Laurent, 1976)}} |
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|Mottled squeaker | Arthroleptis poecilonotus {{small|Peters, 1863}} |
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|Kivu screeching frog | Arthroleptis pyrrhoscelis {{small|Laurent, 1952}} |
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|Reiche's squeaker | Arthroleptis reichei {{small|Nieden, 1911}} |
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|Schubotz's squeaker | Arthroleptis schubotzi {{small|Nieden, 1911}} |
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|Tanganyika screeching frog | Arthroleptis spinalis {{small|Boulenger, 1919}} |
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|Common squeaker | Arthroleptis stenodactylus {{small|Pfeffer, 1893}} |
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|Kambai squeaker | Arthroleptis stridens {{small|(Pickersgill, 2007)}} |
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|Forest screeching frog | Arthroleptis sylvaticus {{small|(Laurent, 1954)}} |
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|Striped screeching frog | Arthroleptis taeniatus {{small|Boulenger, 1906}} |
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|Tanzania screeching frog | Arthroleptis tanneri {{small|Grandison, 1983}} |
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|Cave squeaker | Arthroleptis troglodytes {{small|Poynton, 1963}} |
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|Rainforest screeching frog | Arthroleptis tuberosus {{small|Andersson, 1905}} |
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|Buea screeching frog | Arthroleptis variabilis {{small|Matschie, 1893}} |
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|Mwana screeching frog | Arthroleptis vercammeni {{small|(Laurent, 1954)}} |
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| | Arthroleptis wageri {{small|FitzSimons, 1930}} |
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|Wahlberg's humus Frog | Arthroleptis wahlbergii {{small|Smith, 1849}} |
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|Plain squeaker | Arthroleptis xenochirus {{small|Boulenger, 1905}} |
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|Dwarf squeaker | Arthroleptis xenodactyloides {{small|Hewitt, 1933}} |
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|Eastern squeaker | Arthroleptis xenodactylus {{small|Boulenger, 1909}} |
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|Zimmer's screeching frog | Arthroleptis zimmeri {{small|(Ahl, 1925)}} |