{{Short description|Species of amphibian}} {{Speciesbox | name = ''Hyperolius ocellatus'' | image = Hyperolius ocellatus.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | genus = Hyperolius | species = ocellatus | authority = Günther, 1858 | synonyms = |status_ref=<ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2013 |title=''Hyperolius ocellatus'' |volume=2013 |article-number=e.T56174A18380331 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T56174A18380331.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> }}
'''''Hyperolius ocellatus''''' is a species of tropical West African frog in the family Hyperoliidae, that is split into the subspecies '''''H. o. ocellatus''''' and '''''H. o. purpurescens'''''. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Uganda, and possibly Rwanda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and canals and ditches.
==Distribution and habitat== ''Hyperolius ocellatus ocellatus'' is from areas west of the Sanaga River in Cameroon, and ''H. o. purpurescens'' is found south and east of the river.<ref name="amphibiaweb1">{{cite web|url=http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-genus=Hyperolius&where-species=ocellatus |title=Hyperolius ocellatus |publisher=AmphibiaWeb |date=2008-09-10 |access-date=2012-11-17}}</ref> Due to the high population of the species and the extended area in which it can be found, the International Union for Conservation of Nature have classed ''Hyperolius ocellatus'' as Least Concern, as its population is thought to be stable. It is unlikely that the population is declining fast enough for the species to be classed as threatened. At the highest elevations, it is found at {{convert|2000|m|ft|abbr=off}} above sea level.<ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021" />
==Description== The species is one of the smallest in the genus ''Hyperolius'', with females being the larger gender at {{convert|23|to|34|mm|abbr=off}} and males being {{convert|20|to|27|mm}}. The abdomen is yellow. Juveniles are green with a faint triangle on their snout with silver stripes, and mature females along with some mature males are silver-grey with black spots. Mature females and juveniles show a reddish ground colour.<ref name="amphibiaweb1"/> ''H. o. ocellatus'' specimens are sometimes silver-grey with a yellow ventrum and small black spots, and females have small unocellated spots. ''H. o. purpurescens'' male specimens have dorsolateral lines, and a faint triangle on their snout. Females have fewer spots and are larger, green-blue in colour, and have no spots on their ventrum.<ref name="amphibiaweb1"/> The frogs breed in small forest swamps,<ref name="amphibiaweb1"/> small pools and streams. It is found in freshwater and terrestrial systems, and in many protected areas.<ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021" />
==Taxonomy== It was first described by Albert Günther in 1858,<ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021" /> and synonyms include ''Hyperolius guttatus'', ''Rappia ocellata'', ''Rappia guttata'', among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://africanamphibians.lifedesks.org/pages/25677 |title=Hyperolius ocellatus | AFRICAN AMPHIBIANS LIFEDESK |publisher=Africanamphibians.lifedesks.org |access-date=2012-11-17}}</ref>
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