Arthroleptis is a genus of frogs in the family Arthroleptidae found in tropical sub-Saharan Africa. Their common names include screeching frogs, sometimes simply squeakers.
Description These species are terrestrial breeding, with direct development (metamorphosis to froglets occurs within the egg). Many species in this genus are small, or very small, frogs with a minimum adult size of snout-vent length. The largest species (Arthroleptis nikeae and Arthroleptis tanneri) reach body lengths around . It was hypothesized that small species evolved from larger ones, but in fact the opposite seems to be the case.
Arthroleptis species are terrestrial leaf-litter frogs that feed on a range of terrestrial arthropods, such as ants and termites.
Species Forty-seven to 49 species are known; this list follows the Amphibian Species of the World: Common nameBinomial nameFoulassi screeching frogArthroleptis adelphus Rugegewald screeching frogArthroleptis adolfifriederici Ahl's squeakerArthroleptis affinis Earless squeakerArthroleptis anotis Freetown long-fingered frogArthroleptis aureoli Bioko squeaker frogArthroleptis bioko Tumbo-Insel screeching frogArthroleptis bivittatus Togo screeching frogArthroleptis brevipes Carqueja's squeakerArthroleptis carquejai Guinea screeching frogArthroleptis crusculum Arthroleptis fichika Arthroleptis formosus Ruo River screeching frogArthroleptis francei Itombwe screeching frogArthroleptis hematogaster Arthroleptis kidogo Krokosua squeaking frog, Giant squeaker frog Arthroleptis krokosua Overlooked squeaker frogArthroleptis kutogundua Lameer's squeakerArthroleptis lameerei Lonnberg's squeakerArthroleptis langeri Loveridge's screeching frogArthroleptis loveridgei Mosso screeching frogArthroleptis mossoensis Arthroleptis nguruensis Nike's squeakerArthroleptis nikeae Mount Nimba screeching frogArthroleptis nimbaensis Arthroleptis nlonakoensis Problem squeaker frogArthroleptis palava Arthroleptis perreti Lomami screeching frogArthroleptis phrynoides Mottled squeakerArthroleptis poecilonotus Kivu screeching frogArthroleptis pyrrhoscelis Reiche's squeakerArthroleptis reichei Schubotz's squeakerArthroleptis schubotzi Tanganyika screeching frogArthroleptis spinalis Common squeakerArthroleptis stenodactylus Kambai squeaker, Strident squeakerArthroleptis stridens Forest screeching frogArthroleptis sylvaticus Striped screeching frogArthroleptis taeniatus Tanzania screeching frogArthroleptis tanneri Cave squeakerArthroleptis troglodytes Rainforest screeching frogArthroleptis tuberosus Buea screeching frogArthroleptis variabilis Mwana screeching frogArthroleptis vercammeni Arthroleptis wageri Wahlberg's humus FrogArthroleptis wahlbergii Plain squeakerArthroleptis xenochirus Dwarf squeakerArthroleptis xenodactyloides Eastern squeakerArthroleptis xenodactylus Zimmer's screeching frogArthroleptis zimmeri
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