Leptopelis jordani Parker, 1936

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Arthroleptidae > Subfamily: Leptopelinae > Genus: Leptopelis > Species: Leptopelis jordani

Leptopelis jordani Parker, 1936, Novit. Zool., 40: 144. Holotype: Not stated; BMNH 1947.2.19.226 (originally 1936.8.1.226), by museum records. Type locality: "Congulu, 700-800 m", Angola.

English Names

Congulu Forest Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 69).

Jordan's Tree Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 218).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Congulu, Kwanza Sul) in western Angola.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Angola

Endemic: Angola

Comment

 Marques, Ceríaco, Blackburn, and Bauer, 2018, Proc. California Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 65 (Suppl. II): 125, provided a map and brief account for Angola. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 218–219, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. Becker, Baptista, Vaz Pinto, Ernst, and Conradie, 2023, Namib. J. Environm., 8: 245–257, discussed this species, its range in the highlands of Angola, and provided a dot map.

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