paper of interest

[David Blackburn]

All,

Anyone interested in African amphibians will likely find the attached publication interesting. It is a Natural History note recently published in Herpetological Review by Max Dehling (Universität Koblenz-Landau, Germany) on parachuting in Hyperolius discodactylus from Rwanda.

Enjoy,

Dave

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[laurent chirio]

Dear Dave,
Very interesting behaviour. It makes me think of the behaviour of a Leptopelis caught in Gabon which I was not able to identify : it always opened its mouth like on the photo when taken in hand. Any idea of what species it could belong to ??

Cheers,

Laurent CHIRIO
BP 20150
LIBREVILLE
GABON

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[Václav Gvozdík]

Dear Laurent,

 

I think it could be Leptopelis millsoni. I observed the same behaviour like you described in the Congo Rep.

 

Best wishes,

Vaclav

 

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Vaclav GVOZDIK, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Sciences
NLU - Biogeography
University of Basel    
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[laurent chirio]

Dear Vaclav,


Thank you for your answer. I caught some Leptopelis millsoni in the same area, and they look quite different : they have not an eye so big, no yellow colour on the ventral side and a bigger ear. So I think that - maybe - it's a different species...
 
Cheers,

Laurent CHIRIO
BP 20150
LIBREVILLE
GABON

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Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 20:04:01 +0200