Leptopelis anebos Portillo & Greenbaum, 2014
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Leptopelis anebos, the young Itombwe forest treefrog, is a frog in the genus Leptopelis found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Congo. The young Itombwe forest treefrog was scientifically described in 2014 by Portillo & Greenbaum. It's morphologically similar to L. modestus and L. karissimbensis.
With a snout-vent length of 31.9 to 38.9 mm (1.26 to 1.53 in), with one female specimen measuring 48.7 mm (1.92 in), it is a small to medium-sized tree frog. It's typically brown in color. A third of its hands are webbed. It has no inner metatarsal tubercle, and only has a tiny, oval outer metatarsal tubercle. Its flat head is broader than its body, and its snout is relatively short. It has big eyes and pectoral glands under the belly. The species occur in montane forests up to 1,897 to 2,227 m (6,224 to 7,306 ft) above sea level, in the Itombwe Plateau in East Africa. An adult female was collected 500 m (1,600 ft) from a montane forest in Bilimba.
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Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Leptopelis anebos Portillo & Greenbaum, 2014
- Name authority
- Portillo & Greenbaum, 2014
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Arthroleptidae
- Genus
- Leptopelis
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyArthroleptidae Mivart, 1869
- subfamilyLeptopelinae Laurent, 1972
- genusLeptopelis Günther, 1859
- speciesLeptopelis anebos Portillo & Greenbaum, 2014
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Leptopelis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Leptopelis anchietae (Barboza du Bocage, 1873) | ArthroleptidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leptopelis aubryioides (Andersson, 1907) | ArthroleptidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leptopelis boulengeri (Werner, 1898) | ArthroleptidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leptopelis brevirostris (Werner, 1898) | ArthroleptidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leptopelis bufonides Schiøtz, 1967 | ArthroleptidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leptopelis fenestratus Laurent, 1972 | ArthroleptidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leptopelis fiziensis Laurent, 1973 | ArthroleptidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leptopelis flavomaculatus (Günther, 1864) | ArthroleptidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leptopelis grandiceps Ahl, 1929 | ArthroleptidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leptopelis kivuensis Ahl, 1929 | ArthroleptidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leptopelis lebeaui (De Witte, 1933) | ArthroleptidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leptopelis marginatus (Barboza du Bocage, 1895) | ArthroleptidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1100321 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3TSLM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.