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<mods:titleid="0479ED9280BC4845E19199C9C0DB9F47">Amphibians of Kokolopori: an introduction to the amphibian fauna of the Central Congolian Lowland Forests, Democratic Republic of the Congo</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="4D65CF0AD0667910033FA0550DE28CF9">Department of Aquatic Ecology, Biodiversity Monitoring Center, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="466A626F34B79D74828856B601832E59">Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Biodiversity Monitoring Center, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO</mods:affiliation>
<mods:namePartid="AA9AD1BEF299826F9D77F1784674C96C">Akaibe, Benjamin Dudu</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="55866C16DCFEFE56822C5918E7146009">Faculty of Sciences, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="07E175D37DC3EA37A4D79FDF30B5D305">Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, CZECH REPUBLIC & National Museum, Department of Zoology, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC</mods:affiliation>
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This is a little-known species, but it is quite common in Kokolopori. It is abundant in flooded primary forests or along streams, and also in disturbed semi-open habitats. It was commonly found in communities with
high, but some specimens were observed higher up on shrubs or trees. Most males were found during calling activity, although they were easily disturbed and stopped calling. The Robust
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Frog is sexually dichromatic with males in yellowish to brown tones and usually dark marbling, whereas females are reddish-brown with orange distal and ventral parts of the limbs (especially tips of digits and webbings). This species was already reported from Kokolopori by
<bibRefCitationid="EFB04B4BFFD0D40678C0FF79FEBAFF4F"author="Schiotz A."box="[141,303,174,198]"pageId="17"pageNumber="52"pagination="40 - 60"refId="ref27129"refString="Schiotz A. 2006. Notes on the genus Hyperolius (Anura, Hyperoliidae) in central Republique Democratique du Congo. Alytes 24: 40 - 60."type="journal article"year="2006">Schiøtz (2006)</bibRefCitation>
