Nimba Reed Frog

A forest Hyperolius from western West Africa, males small (24–29 mm), females large (32–41 mm). Males have a small gular flap and very little dilatable skin. Pupil horizontal. Dorsum smooth, dark brown with irregular lighter brown, dark-edged transverse bars. Ventrum pure white. The larger females tend to be more uniformly-patterned and yellowish.The tadpole has the usual tooth formula of 1/1+1, 2. The larval tail is very long and both body and tail are heavily pigmented.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 forest species, breeding in small pools with stagnant water in the dense forest. It is apparently rather abundant within a limited area in the western part of West Africa, from eastern Sierra Leone to central Côte d’Ivoire.

The call is a very quiet buzzing, probably only audible at close quarters.Eggs are large and unpigmented, surrounded by a milky jelly.

Hyperolius zonatus is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and possibly Liberia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, swamps, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.