Leptopelis nordequatorialis Perret 1966

A rather large Leptopelis (males 38-45 mm, females 48-54 mm) from northern Cameroun without discs or webbing. Conspicuous pectoral glands in males. Dorsum green with a dark brown lateral stripe from snout to groin. Sometimes rows of dark spots forming two dorsolateral lines. Tibia short.This form has been referred to as L. anchietae or L. a. nordequatorialis in papers from Cameroun, but considering the distance from the range of L. anchietae it seems prudent to treat this form as specifically distinct.The youngest tadpoles have a tooth formula of 1,1+1/3 but as they mature this increases to 1,2+2/3, and shortly before metamorphosis, 1,3+3/3. The largest tadpoles are 43 mm (18+35).This account was taken from "Treefrogs of Africa" by Arne Schiøtz with kind permission from Edition Chimaira (http://www.chimaira.de/) publishers, Frankfurt am Main.

A savanna-living species, found at altitudes of 1100-2000 m on the plateau in central and west Cameroun.

The males call from bushes in the savanna. The voice is a very sonorous clack, sometimes uttered twice. It has a duration of about 0.1 second and consists of a large number of harmonics about 250 cps. apart.