Afrixalus orophilus (Laurent 1947)

A small (Males 19–27 mm, females 21–27 mm) Afrixalus from eastern R. D. Congo and south-western Uganda. Dark dorsal bands fine, with little contrast to ground colour, converging on the head.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.

Montane savannas in Kivu, Rwanda, Burundi and south-western Uganda. Often found in reeds, papyrus and bamboo, normally above 1500 m.