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Leptopelis Günther, 1859
Taxonomic Serial No.: 208171

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Habrahyla Goin, 1961
		Pseudocassina Ahl, 1924
		Elaphromantis Laurent, 1941
		Heteropelis Laurent, 1941
		Taphriomantis Laurent, 1941
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2025

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Amphibia – amphibiens, anfíbio, Amphibians
	Order	Anura – Frogs, perereca, rã, sapo, crapauds, grenouilles, Toads
	Family	Arthroleptidae Mivart, 1869
	Subfamily	Leptopelinae Laurent, 1972
	Genus	Leptopelis Günther, 1859
		Direct Children:
	Species	Leptopelis anchietae (Barboza du Bocage, 1873)
	Species	Leptopelis anebos Portillo and Greenbaum, 2014
	Species	Leptopelis argenteus (Pfeffer, 1893)
	Species	Leptopelis aubryi (Duméril, 1856)
	Species	Leptopelis aubryioides (Andersson, 1907)
	Species	Leptopelis bequaerti Loveridge, 1941
	Species	Leptopelis bocagii (Günther, 1865)
	Species	Leptopelis boulengeri (Werner, 1898)
	Species	Leptopelis brevirostris (Werner, 1898)
	Species	Leptopelis broadleyi Poynton, 1985
	Species	Leptopelis bufonides Schiøtz, 1967
	Species	Leptopelis calcaratus (Boulenger, 1906)
	Species	Leptopelis christyi (Boulenger, 1912)
	Species	Leptopelis concolor Ahl, 1929
	Species	Leptopelis cynnamomeus (Barboza du Bocage, 1893)
	Species	Leptopelis diffidens Tiutenko and Zinenko, 2021
	Species	Leptopelis fenestratus Laurent, 1972
	Species	Leptopelis fiziensis Laurent, 1973
	Species	Leptopelis flavomaculatus (Günther, 1864)
	Species	Leptopelis gramineus (Boulenger, 1898)
	Species	Leptopelis grandiceps Ahl, 1929
	Species	Leptopelis jordani Parker, 1936
	Species	Leptopelis karissimbensis Ahl, 1929
	Species	Leptopelis kivuensis Ahl, 1929
	Species	Leptopelis lebeaui (De Witte, 1933)
	Species	Leptopelis mackayi Köhler, Bwong, Schick, Veith and Lötters, 2006
	Species	Leptopelis macrotis Schiøtz, 1967
	Species	Leptopelis marginatus (Barboza du Bocage, 1895)
	Species	Leptopelis millsoni (Boulenger, 1895)
	Species	Leptopelis modestus (Werner, 1898)
	Species	Leptopelis mossambicus Poynton, 1985
	Species	Leptopelis mtoewaate Portillo and Greenbaum, 2014
	Species	Leptopelis natalensis (Smith, 1849)
	Species	Leptopelis nordequatorialis Perret, 1966
	Species	Leptopelis notatus (Peters, 1875)
	Species	Leptopelis occidentalis Schiøtz, 1967
	Species	Leptopelis ocellatus (Mocquard, 1902)
	Species	Leptopelis oryi Inger, 1968
	Species	Leptopelis palmatus (Peters, 1868)
	Species	Leptopelis parbocagii Poynton and Broadley, 1987
	Species	Leptopelis parkeri Barbour and Loveridge, 1928
	Species	Leptopelis parvus Schmidt and Inger, 1959
	Species	Leptopelis ragazzii (Boulenger, 1896)
	Species	Leptopelis rufus Reichenow, 1874
	Species	Leptopelis rugosus (Ahl, 1924)
	Species	Leptopelis shebellensis Goutte, Reyes-Velasco, Kassie Teme and Boissinot, 2022
	Species	Leptopelis spiritusnoctis Rödel, 2007
	Species	Leptopelis susanae Largen, 1977
	Species	Leptopelis uluguruensis Barbour and Loveridge, 1928
	Species	Leptopelis vannutellii (Boulenger, 1898)
	Species	Leptopelis vermiculatus (Boulenger, 1909)
	Species	Leptopelis viridis (Günther, 1869)
	Species	Leptopelis xeniae Goutte, Reyes-Velasco, Kassie Teme and Boissinot, 2022
	Species	Leptopelis xenodactylus Poynton, 1963
	Species	Leptopelis yaldeni Largen, 1977
	Species	Leptopelis zebra Amiet, 2001

References


	Expert(s):
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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Amphibian Species of the World 6.2 2025-09-15, database (version 6.2)
	Acquired:	2025
	Notes:	Frost, Darrel R. 2025. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2 (15 September, 2025). lectronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
	Reference for:	Leptopelis

	Source:	Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v6, database (version 6.0)
	Acquired:	2019
	Notes:	Frost, Darrel R. 2019. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6 (12 September, 2019). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
	Reference for:	Leptopelis

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Leptopelis

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Frost, Darrel R.
	Publication Date:	1997
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition
	Page(s):
	Publisher:	Electronic manuscript supplied by compiler
	Publication Place:	New York, New York, U.S.A.
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	Notes:
	Reference for:	Leptopelis

Geographic Information


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Comments


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