Leptopelis millsoni (Boulenger, 1895)

Leptopelis millsoni (Boulenger, 1895) View in CoL

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Material. ANGOLA – Cabinda Province • Caio Cacongo; –5.0618, 12.2588; 43 m a.s.l.; P2.111; GenBank : PQ455859. GoogleMaps • between Dinge and Chindende; -5.1208, 12.3667; 15 m a.s.l.; FKH 0174 , EI 808; GenBank: MZ408748 View Materials –PQ455861. GoogleMaps

Identification. A large brown Leptopelis (SVL = 49–87 mm) with irregular darker transverse bands on the dorsum. Material from Cabinda Province was included in the revision of Jaynes et al. (2022), where they report sub-structuring within the species either north and south of the Congo River. As expected, material from Cabinda Province clusters with material from Gabon, Cameroon and Nigeria ( Jaynes et al. 2022).

Biology and distribution. An arboreal species widely distributed in the Gulf of Guinea (excluding the islands) and the Congo Basin south to northwestern Angola ( Jaynes et al. 2022). The species is associated with large waterbodies in the lowland rainforest and secondary forests. In Cabinda Province it was collected inside gallery forest along slow-moving streams in the Littoral Peneplain.