Leptopelis viridis

Leptopelis viridis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Arthroleptidae
Genus: Leptopelis
Species: L. viridis
Binomial name
Leptopelis viridis
(Günther, 1869)
Synonyms

Leptopelis hyloides Schiøtz, 1967

Leptopelis viridis (the rusty forest treefrog, savannah tree frog or Gbanga forest treefrog[1]) is a species of frog in the Arthroleptidae family found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, and possibly the Central African Republic, Chad, Mali, and Sudan. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, rural gardens, ponds, and canals and ditches.

References

  1. Frost, Darrel (2014). "Leptopelis viridis". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 3 November 2014.


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