Amnirana lepus

{{Short description|Species of frog}}

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| image = Female Amnirana lepus.jpg

| image_caption = Female Amnirana lepus from Angola

| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. |year=2013 |errata=2016 |title=Amnirana lepus |page=e.T58198A89361810 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T58198A18406665.en}}

| taxon = Amnirana lepus

| authority = (Andersson, 1903)

| synonyms = {{Species list

| Chiromantis lepus | Andersson, 1903

| Rana lepus | (Andersson, 1903)

| Amnirana lepus | (Andersson, 1903)

| Hydrophylax lepus | (Andersson, 1903)

| Hylarana lepus | (Andersson, 1903)

| Rana zenkeri | Nieden, 1908

| Hylorana zenkeri | (Nieden, 1908) }}

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Amnirana lepus is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northern Angola. Common names Andersson's Cameroon frog, Andersson's white-lipped frog, and jumping white-lipped frog have been proposed for it.

Description

Males grow to a snout–vent length of {{convert|70|mm|abbr=on}} and females to {{convert|100|mm|abbr=on}}. The body is elongated and the snout is moderately pointed, rounded in lateral view. The tympanum is relatively large. The legs are slender and long. The toes are fully webbed. The finger and the toe tips bear discs. The upper surfaces are dark to bronze-brown, possibly with darker spots. The flanks turn to pale green in their lower part and have some dark patterning. The venter is pale green. Males do not have an external vocal sac, but they do have short oval glands in their upper arms and nuptial pads on the thumbs. The male advertisement call is a quiet, high-frequency, unobtrusive "ouic, ouic", with some deep chuckles in between and ending with a "hik".

Habitat and conservation

Amnirana lepus is a lowland forest species that also can occur in gallery forests and heavily degraded former forests (farm bush). It is often found along the banks of large, slow-flowing streams and small rivers, its breeding habitat. It is a common and adaptable species that is not facing any significant threats. Furthermore, it is present in a number of protected areas.

References

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{{cite book |title=Field Guide to the Frogs & other Amphibians of Africa |last1=Channing |first1=Allan |last2=Rödel |first2=Mark-Oliver |name-list-style=amp |year=2019 |publisher=Struik Nature |location=Cape Town |isbn=978-1-77584-512-6 |page=394 }}

{{cite journal |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Amnirana/Amnirana-lepus |title=Amnirana lepus (Andersson, 1903) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2020 |journal=Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |doi=10.5531/db.vz.0001 |access-date=22 August 2020|url-access=subscription }}

{{cite journal |last1=Marques |first1=M. P. |last2=Ceríaco |first2=L. M. P. |last3=Blackburn |first3=D. C. |last4=Bauer |first4=A. M. |name-list-style=amp |year=2018 |title=Diversity and distribution of the amphibians and terrestrial reptiles of Angola. Atlas of historical and bibliographic records (1840–2017) |journal=Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences |series=4th Series |volume=65 |issue=Suppl. II |pages=1–501 |url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/izg/PCAS%20v65%20Suppl%20II%2028Dept18%20Angola%20(CAS%20web).pdf }}

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lepus

Category:Frogs of Africa

Category:Amphibians of Angola

Category:Amphibians of Cameroon

Category:Amphibians of the Central African Republic

Category:Amphibians of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Category:Amphibians of Equatorial Guinea

Category:Amphibians of Gabon

Category:Amphibians of the Republic of the Congo

Category:Taxa named by Lars Gabriel Andersson

Category:Amphibians described in 1903

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot