Leptopelis mtoewaate

Leptopelis mtoewaate, the Kabembe treefrog, is a species of the genus Leptopelis and the family Arthroleptidae. The species is arboreal, living in mid-elevation wetland forests of the Itombwe Plateau, within the Albertine Rift in central Africa. This habitat is encompassed by the eastern edge of the Democratic Republic of Congo and areas within the 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of its border. Specimens were found at elevations of 777 to 1,965 m (2,549 to 6,447 ft), inhabiting trees close to inland waterbodies. Its tadpoles were collected from a stream and a lake floodplain.^[1] It was first described in 2014 by Portillo and Greenbaum.^[2]

Leptopelis mtoewaate
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Arthroleptidae
Genus:	Leptopelis
Species:	L. mtoewaate
Binomial name
Leptopelis mtoewaate Portillo & Greenbaum, 2014

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Leptopelis mtoewaate". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T73785587A73785616. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T73785587A73785616.en.
2. Portillo, Frank; Greenbaum, Eli (2014). "A New Species of the Leptopelis modestus Complex (Anura: Arthroleptidae) from the Albertine Rift of Central Africa". Journal of Herpetology. 48 (3): 394–406. ISSN 0022-1511.