Critically Endangered
Davenport's Reed Frog
Hyperolius davenporti
Davenport's Reed Frog is a reed frog in the family Hyperoliidae (order Anura) — Hyperolius davenporti, recorded as Critically Endangered and tied to Tanzania.
The reed frog
The 10 adult male specimens observed during the original description measure between 17.3 mm and 20.2 mm in standard length and the 2 adult female specimens observed during the original description measure between 26.9 mm and 27.0 mm in standard length.
Reed frogs and their relatives are African treefrogs, often brightly marked, that call from vegetation over water.
Frogs and toads typically begin as aquatic tadpoles, though some families lay eggs on land and hatch as froglets. Skin and eggs both need moisture.
Range and habitat
Davenport's Reed Frog is recorded from Tanzania.
GBIF currently lists 20 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Breeding
Calling males and egg sites define most frog field work. A species known from one ridge is as narrow as it sounds.
Eggs and damp skin make amphibians quick to vanish from a drained wetland or a forest stripped of litter.
In crisis
Chytrid fungus, collection, and wet-forest loss are the usual pressures on frogs with a high threat category.
Davenport's Reed Frog is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the French Wikipedia article on Hyperolius davenporti, translated and retold in English, plus Wikidata item Q20722421 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Confirm status and range on iucnredlist.org.
