Kassina arboricola Perret, 1985
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.
Kassina arboricola - Ivory Coast Running Frog in Montagnes, Côte d'Ivoire. Photo by Roland Godon. Original iNaturalist observation here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/125954439
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Open encyclopedia reference
Kassina arboricola, sometimes known as the Ivory Coast running frog, is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae. It is found in southwestern Ghana and westward to south-central Ivory Coast. It occurs in secondary forests and forest edges, and to very limited extent, degraded former forest (farm bush). Breeding takes place in both temporary and permanent bodies of water, although it favours large, well-vegetated pools. It is probably negatively impacted by severe deforestation caused by agricultural expansion, logging, and growing human settlements.
Wikipedia contributors, Kassina arboricola; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T16:45:43.227908+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Kassina arboricola Perret, 1985
- Name authority
- Perret, 1985
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Hyperoliidae
- Genus
- Kassina
- 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
- familyHyperoliidae Laurent, 1943
- subfamilyKassininae Laurent, 1972
- genusKassina Girard, 1853
- speciesKassina arboricola Perret, 1985
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Kassina. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Kassina mertensi Laurent, 1952 | HyperoliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kassina schioetzi Rödel, Grafe, Rudolf & Ernst, 2002 | HyperoliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kassina cassinoides (Boulenger, 1903) | HyperoliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kassina cochranae (Loveridge, 1941) | HyperoliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kassina decorata (Angel, 1940) | HyperoliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kassina fusca Schiøtz, 1967 | HyperoliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kassina jozani Msuya, Howell & Channing, 2007 | HyperoliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kassina kuvangensis (Monard, 1937) | HyperoliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kassina lamottei Schiøtz, 1967 | HyperoliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kassina maculifer (Ahl, 1924) | HyperoliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kassina maculosa (Sternfeld, 1917) | HyperoliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kassina senegalensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) | HyperoliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Kassina cochranae arboricola Perret, 1985 Perret, 1985 | synonym |
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=663196 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.
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:6NJM6. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.