{{Short description|Species of frog}} {{Speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. |year=2013 |title=''Hyperolius kuligae'' |volume=2013 |article-number=e.T56150A18378053 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T56150A18378053.en |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Hyperolius kuligae | authority = Mertens, 1940 | synonyms = {{species list | Hyperolius langi kuligae | — Perret and Mertens, 1957 | Hyperolius platyceps kuligae | — Mertens, 1967 }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=Frost/> }}
'''''Hyperolius kuligae''''' is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae.<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=Frost/><ref name="Channing and Rödel 2019"/><ref name="African Amphibians"/><ref name=AmphibiaWeb/> It is found in southwestern Cameroon, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea and eastward to the central Democratic Republic of the Congo;<ref name=Frost/> it probably occurs in northern Republic of the Congo<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=Frost/> and the Central African Republic too.<ref name=IUCN/> It is also reported from Uganda,<ref name=IUCN/><ref name="Channing and Rödel 2019"/> but the status of this population is unclear.<ref name=Frost/> The specific name ''kuligae'' honours Paul Kuliga (1878–1948), a physician who joined an expedition to Cameroon in 1936.<ref name="Beolens et al. 2013"/> Common names '''Camp Kivu reed frog''' and '''Kuliga reed frog''' have been proposed for it.<ref name=Frost/>
==Description== Males grow to {{convert|22|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} and females to {{convert|27|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length. The snout is blunt. The fingers and the toes are partially webbed and bear terminal discs. The dorsum is grey with a darker hourglass-like pattern. Pale dorsolateral bands may be present. The belly is off-white. Males have pale green to white throat.<ref name="Channing and Rödel 2019"/>
The male advertisement call is a high-pitched buzz.<ref name="Channing and Rödel 2019"/>
==Habitat and conservation== ''Hyperolius kuligae'' occurs in the forest–savanna ecotone near water (marshes, roadside ditches, small pools) as well as grassland and degraded forest, sometimes far away from water, but not in open savanna. Breeding takes place in standing bodies of water.<ref name=IUCN/>
This species appears to be adaptable and is at least locally common. It is therefore unlikely to face major threats. It is present in a number of protected areas.<ref name=IUCN/>
==References== {{Reflist|30em|refs= <ref name="African Amphibians">{{cite web |url=http://africanamphibians.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/1369 |title=''Hyperolius kuligae'' Mertens, 1940 |author= |year= |work=African Amphibians |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>
<ref name=AmphibiaWeb>{{cite web |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/541 |title=''Hyperolius kuligae'' |year=2008 |work=AmphibiaWeb |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>
<ref name="Beolens et al. 2013">{{cite book |last1 = Beolens | first1 = Bo | last2 = Watkins | first2 = Michael | last3 = Grayson | first3 = Michael |name-list-style=amp |title=The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=QJY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=GBS.PA116 |date=2013 |publisher=Pelagic Publishing |isbn=978-1-907807-42-8 |page=116}}</ref>
<ref name="Channing and Rödel 2019">{{cite book |title=Field Guide to the Frogs & other Amphibians of Africa |last1=Channing |first1=Allan |last2=Rödel |first2=Mark-Oliver |name-list-style=amp |year=2019 |publisher=Struik Nature |location=Cape Town |isbn=978-1-77584-512-6 |page=194 }}</ref>
<ref name=Frost>{{cite web |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-kuligae |title=''Hyperolius kuligae'' Mertens, 1940 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2021 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |doi=10.5531/db.vz.0001 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref> }}
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kuligae Category:Frogs of Africa Category:Amphibians of Cameroon Category:Amphibians of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Category:Amphibians of Equatorial Guinea Category:Amphibians of Gabon Category:Amphibians described in 1940 Category:Taxa named by Robert Mertens Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot