This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Dehling, J. Maximilian (2023): A New Miniature Species of Arthroleptis (Anura: Arthroleptidae) from Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda. Diversity 15 (1104): 1-16, DOI: 10.3390/d15101104, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15101104
Abstract: A new, very small-sized species of Arthroleptis is described from western Rwanda. The new species occurs locally endemic in Nyungwe Forest and Cyamudongo Forest, where it inhabits the leaf litter of montane forests between 1800 and 2200 m a.s.l. It differs from all other members of the genus by a unique combination of morphological characters, including size (SVL of adult males 16.0–16.5 mm), skin texture, length of hindlimbs, and ventral colour pattern; by characteristics of its advertisement call that consists of a single note lasting 17.4 ± 6.4 [11–32] ms and has a dominant frequency of 5861 ± 188 [5531–6029] Hz; and also in the sequence of the 16S rRNA gene that differs from available homologous sequences of other species of the genus by an uncorrected p-distance of at least 4.6%. Details of the natural history as well as two additional call types are described.
Dehling J M, julia (2023). A New Miniature Species of Arthroleptis (Anura: Arthroleptidae) from Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/fdk4pm accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.
