{{Short description|Species of frog}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2014 |title=''Hyperolius obscurus'' |volume=2014 |article-number=e.T56172A18379698 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T56172A18379698.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Hyperolius obscurus | authority = Laurent, 1943 | synonyms = | synonyms_ref = <ref name=Frost/> }}
'''''Hyperolius obscurus''''' is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae. It is a poorly known species known only from its holotype collected from Sandoa, in Kasai Province, south-western Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the border with Angola.<ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021" /><ref name=Frost/> Common name '''Kasai reed frog''' has been proposed for it.<ref name=Frost/><ref name="African Amphibians"/>
==Description== The holotype is a female measuring {{convert|25|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length. The head is rather large and broad, with blunt snout. The body is slender. The dorsum is uniform brown. The flanks, ventrum, and limbs have fine dark punctuation.<ref name=AmphibiaWeb/><ref name="African Amphibians"/>
==Habitat and conservation== ''Hyperolius obscurus'' is a very poorly known species, with no information on its habitat, ecology, or population status. Threats to it are unknown. It is not known to occur in any protected areas.<ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021" />
==References== {{Reflist|30em|refs= <ref name="African Amphibians">{{cite web |url=http://africanamphibians.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/1448 |title=''Hyperolius obscurus'' Laurent, 1943 |author=Schiøtz, A. |year=1999 |work=African Amphibians |access-date=15 February 2020}}</ref>
<ref name=AmphibiaWeb>{{cite web |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/557 |title=''Hyperolius obscurus'' |year=2008 |work=AmphibiaWeb |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |access-date=15 February 2020}}</ref>
<ref name=Frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-obscurus |title=''Hyperolius obscurus'' Laurent, 1943 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2020 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=15 February 2020}}</ref> }}
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obscurus Category:Frogs of Africa Category:Endemic amphibians of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Category:Taxa named by Raymond Laurent Category:Amphibians described in 1943 Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Southern Congolian forest–savanna mosaic