Bioacoustics of Hyperolius microps

Species

6 recordings

Account

What the sources say about this taxon, as written.

diagnosis · Plazi

Diagnosis . The illustrated advertisement call ( Fig. 5 ) has a duration of 0.22 s , consisting of 25 pulses, with a slower pulse rate at the end. This differs from the brief single notes of H. adspersus , H. lupiroensis sp. nov . , and the brief note consisting of a few initial pulses, followed by a number of pulses at a much slower pulse rate, such as H. benguellensis , H. friedemanni sp. nov . , H. howelli sp. nov . , H. igbettensis , H. inyangae sp. nov . , H. rwandae sp. nov . , H. viridis and H. poweri . The structure of the call of H. jacobseni sp. nov . and H. nasutus is similar to that of H. acuticeps , but the former consists of only five pulses with a duration of 0.07 s , while the latter consists of eight pulses in 0.1 s . The call of H. dartevellei consists of 13 pulses in 0.1 s . See Table 3 for a summary of call parameters. The snout is sharply rounded in profile and from above, differing from the truncated snout of H. dartevellei and the sharp, shark-like profile of H. benguellensis , H. inyangae sp. nov . or the bluntly rounded snout profile of H. adspersus , H. igbettensis , H. jacobseni sp. nov . and H. poweri . Although the webbing is variable, a typical specimen has one phalanx of the fifth toe free, while the fourth toe is webbed with half to just more than the first phalanx free, and the third toe likewise. It can be distinguished from species with less than one phalanx of the fifth toe free, such as H. adspersus , H. friedemanni sp. nov . , H. igbettensis , H. jacobseni sp. nov . , H. lupiroensis sp. nov . , H. poweri , H. rwandae sp. nov . and H. viridis . It differs from those species with more than one phalanx free; H. howelli sp. nov . and H. inyangae sp. nov . It differs from H. benguellensis which has webbing on the third toe extending to the disc, from H. nasutus which has webbing on the fourth toe reaching the disc, and from H. dartevellei which has half a phalanx of the fourth toe free.

this account at Plazi

Recordings

6 in audioBlast.

iNat192366457 Sharp-headed Reed Frog (Hyperolius microps)
Alex Rebelo 2023-01-10 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat203330616 Sharp-headed Reed Frog (Hyperolius microps)
Tim Brammer 2024-03-20 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat316926267 Sharp-headed Reed Frog (Hyperolius microps)
i_c_riddell 2025-09-18 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat192366457 Sharp-headed Reed Frog (Hyperolius microps)
Alex Rebelo 2023-01-10 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat203330616 Sharp-headed Reed Frog (Hyperolius microps)
Tim Brammer 2024-03-20 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat316926267 Sharp-headed Reed Frog (Hyperolius microps)
i_c_riddell 2025-09-18 iNaturalist listen › record

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SourceIts nameIts rankIts familyRecord
iNaturalistHyperolius micropsSpeciesHyperoliidaeiNaturalist/517366
PlaziHyperolius acuticepsSpeciesHyperoliidaePlazi/Hyperolius acuticeps

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