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.[1]
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 15mm snout-vent length.[2] The largest species (Arthroleptis nikeae and Arthroleptis tanneri) reach body lengths around 55mm. It was hypothesized that small species evolved from larger ones, but in fact the opposite seems to be case.
Arthroleptis species are terrestrial leaf-litter frogs that feed on a range of terrestrial arthropods, such as ants and termites.[3]
Forty-seven[1] to 49[4] species are known; this list follows the Amphibian Species of the World:[1]
| Common name | Binomial name |
|---|---|
| Foulassi screeching frog | Arthroleptis adelphus |
| Rugegewald screeching frog | Arthroleptis adolfifriederici |
| Ahl's squeaker | Arthroleptis affinis |
| Arthroleptis anotis | |
| Freetown long-fingered frog | Arthroleptis aureoli |
| Arthroleptis bioko | |
| Tumbo-Insel screeching frog | Arthroleptis bivittatus |
| Togo screeching frog | Arthroleptis brevipes |
| Carqueja's squeaker | Arthroleptis carquejai |
| Guinea screeching frog | Arthroleptis crusculum |
| Arthroleptis fichika | |
| Arthroleptis formosus | |
| Ruo River screeching frog | Arthroleptis francei |
| Itombwe screeching frog | Arthroleptis hematogaster |
| Arthroleptis kidogo | |
| Krokosua squeaking frog, Giant squeaker frog | Arthroleptis krokosua |
| Arthroleptis kutogundua | |
| Lameer's squeaker | Arthroleptis lameerei |
| Lonnberg's squeaker | Arthroleptis langeri |
| Loveridge's screeching frog | Arthroleptis loveridgei |
| Mosso screeching frog | Arthroleptis mossoensis |
| Arthroleptis nguruensis | |
| Nike's squeaker | Arthroleptis nikeae |
| Mount Nimba screeching frog | Arthroleptis nimbaensis |
| Arthroleptis nlonakoensis | |
| Arthroleptis palava | |
| Arthroleptis perreti | |
| Lomami screeching frog | Arthroleptis phrynoides |
| Mottled squeaker | Arthroleptis poecilonotus |
| Kivu screeching frog | Arthroleptis pyrrhoscelis |
| Reiche's squeaker | Arthroleptis reichei |
| Schubotz's squeaker | Arthroleptis schubotzi |
| Tanganyika screeching frog | Arthroleptis spinalis |
| Common squeaker | Arthroleptis stenodactylus |
| Kambai squeaker | Arthroleptis stridens |
| Forest screeching frog | Arthroleptis sylvaticus |
| Striped screeching frog | Arthroleptis taeniatus |
| Tanzania screeching frog | Arthroleptis tanneri |
| Cave squeaker | Arthroleptis troglodytes |
| Rainforest screeching frog | Arthroleptis tuberosus |
| Buea screeching frog | Arthroleptis variabilis |
| Mwana screeching frog | Arthroleptis vercammeni |
| Arthroleptis wageri | |
| Wahlberg's humus Frog | Arthroleptis wahlbergii |
| Plain squeaker | Arthroleptis xenochirus |
| Dwarf squeaker | Arthroleptis xenodactyloides |
| Eastern squeaker | Arthroleptis xenodactylus |
| Zimmer's screeching frog | Arthroleptis zimmeri |