Hyperolius thomensis

Appearance

Adult males measure 27–41 mm (1.1–1.6 in) and adult females 36–49 mm (1.4–1.9 in) in snout–vent length. The dorsum is uniform brown or green to blue-green. The venter is marbled in white, orange and black.

Range and habitat

Habitat loss, primarily driven by the conversion of land for agriculture and livestock, poses a significant threat to the São Tomé Giant Reed Frog. Additionally, the species faces challenges from habitat reduction due to activities such as wood extraction and the expansion of human settlements. It is endemic to the island of São Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe.

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

Breeding takes place in tree holes where their tadpoles develop, and the same hole can be utilized by many individuals. The threats to this species are poorly known, but it is probably impacted by habitat loss caused by agriculture, livestock, wood extraction, and human settlements.

Chytrid fungus, collection, and wet-forest loss are the usual pressures on frogs with a high threat category.

Hyperolius thomensis is 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 English Wikipedia article on Hyperolius thomensis, Wikidata item Q1943346. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.