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Anura: Arthroleptidae, Squeakers & Their Relatives |
| The squeaking frogs and their relatives inhabit sub-Saharan Africa. There are two subfamilies following Frost et al. (2006), the Arthroleptinae with seven genera and 132 species, and the Leptopelinae with 51 species in a single genus, Leptopelis. Frost et al. (2006, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 2970) provided evidence that the Leptopelinae is the sister taxon of Arthroleptinae (which includes the astylosternines), and they transferred Leptopelinae (formerly considered a subfamily of the Hyperoliidae) from the Hyperoliidae into Arthroleptidae, the sister taxon of Hyperoliidae. |
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Parker's Tree Frog, Leptopelis parkeri Barbour and Loveridge, 1928 is a large frog (males to 43 mm, females to 56 mm), from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania. This animal was in the pet trade.
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Vermiculated Treefrog, Leptopelis vermiculatus (Boulenger, 1909) is a large frog (males to 50 mm, females to 85 mm) from the Eastern Arc Mountains and Rungwe, Tanzania. This frog was originally described in the genus Hylambates. This animal was in the pet trade.
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