Afrixalus weidholzi (Mertens 1938)

A small (18–23 mm) Afrixalus from the savannas of West Africa to north-eastern R. D. Congo with a whitish to yellow dorsum and a thin dark vertebral line, at least on the hindpart of the body. A broader dark lateral stripe from tip of snout to groin present. This is the only small Afrixalus in the western and central African savanna with such markings. Voice: The calling site seems to be dense, rather low grass growing on soil flooded by a few centimetres of water. The species is very inconspicuous and does not occur in large numbers. The voice is a quiet high-pitched buzzing. The call consists of a succession of figures, 43–45 per second with an indistinct frequency-intensity maximum at about 4000–4500 cps.This account was taken from "Treefrogs of Africa" by Arne Schiøtz with kind permission from Edition Chimaira (http://www.chimaira.de/) publishers, Frankfurt am Main.

A typical savanna species, found infrequently both in the humid, rather dense guinea woodland and the open dry savanna. Known from a few localities widely scattered over West Africa as far east as Garamba N. P. and Ituri in eastern R. D. Congo.

Development: Small batches of about 10 unpigmented eggs are placed in transversally folded grass leaves, glued together by the jelly. The tooth formula of the tadpole is 0/1. Newly metamorphosed frogs have a length of 10,5 mm.