{{Short description|Species of amphibian}} {{Speciesbox | image = Hyperolius-acuticeps.jpg | image_caption = ''Hyperolius poweri'' was previously included in ''Hyperolius acuticeps''. Based on the locality (Durban), this frog identified as ''H. acuticeps'' is ''H. poweri''. | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. |year=2017 |title=''Hyperolius poweri'' |volume=2017 |article-number=e.T136026A100902836 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T136026A100902836.en |access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref> | taxon = Hyperolius poweri | authority = Loveridge, 1938 | synonyms = | synonyms_ref = <ref name=Frost/> }}
'''''Hyperolius poweri''''' is a species of frogs in the family Hyperoliidae.<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=Frost/><ref name="AmphibiaWeb"/><ref name="Channing and Rödel 2019"/> It is found in southeastern coast of South Africa<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=Frost/><ref name="AmphibiaWeb"/><ref name="Channing and Rödel 2019"/> and southern Mozambique.<ref name=Frost/> The specific name ''poweri'' honours John Hyacinth Power, Irish-born director of the McGregor Museum (Kimberley, South Africa) who collected amphibians as well as reptiles and plants.<ref name="Beolens et al. 2013"/> Accordingly, common names '''Power's reed frog'''<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=Frost/><ref name="AmphibiaWeb"/><ref name="Channing and Rödel 2019"/> and '''Power's long reed frog''' have been proposed for this species.<ref name="Channing et al. 2013"/>
==Taxonomy== ''Hyperolius poweri'' was described by Arthur Loveridge in 1938 based on material from near Stanger in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.<ref name=Frost/> It belongs to the taxonomically difficult ''Hyperolius nasutus'' group.<ref name="Channing et al. 2013"/> For a period, ''Hyperolius poweri'' was considered synonym of ''Hyperolius acuticeps'', but is now recognized as a distinct species. On the other hand, ''Hyperolius acuticeps'' itself is now considered synonym of ''Hyperolius microps''.<ref name=Frost/>
==Description== Males grow to {{convert|20|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} and females to {{convert|25|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length. The snout is bluntly rounded in lateral view and sharply rounded from above. The toes are extensively webbed. The fingers and toes bear yellowish-green discs that are larger in the former. The dorsum is green with white lateral bands that run from over the eyes to the vent (sometimes these bands are not visible). There is a dark line running from the tip of the snout to the eyes. Males have white throat.<ref name="Channing and Rödel 2019"/>
==Habitat and conservation== ''Hyperolius poweri'' occurs in association with emergent vegetation at the margins of swamps, rivers and lakes in savanna and grassland habitats.<ref name=IUCN/> Males call from sedges and other emergent vegetation.<ref name="Channing and Rödel 2019"/>
Although threatened by habitat loss and degradation, ''Hyperolius poweri'' has a relatively wide distribution and plenty of suitable habitat remaining, and it has been assessed as of "least concern" (2016). It is present in many protected areas. Nevertheless, the overall population appears to have declined.<ref name=IUCN/>
==References== {{Reflist|30em|refs= <ref name="AmphibiaWeb">{{cite web |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/5709 |title=''Hyperolius poweri'' |year=2022 |work=AmphibiaWeb |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |access-date=9 January 2022}}</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.PA171 |date=2013 |publisher=Pelagic Publishing |isbn=978-1-907807-42-8 |page=171}}</ref>
<ref name="Channing et al. 2013">{{cite journal | last1 = Channing | first1 = A. | last2 = Hillers | first2 = A. | last3 = Lötters | first3 = S. | last4 = Rödel | first4 = M.-O. | last5 = Schick | first5 = S. | last6 = Conradie | first6 = W. | last7 = Rödder | first7 = D. | last8 = Mercurio | first8 = V. | last9 = Wagner | first9 = P. | last10 = Dehling | first10 = J. M. | last11 = Preez | first11 = L. H. Du | last12 = Kielgast | first12 = J. | last13 = Burger | first13 = M. |name-list-style=amp |title=Taxonomy of the super-cryptic ''Hyperolius nasutus'' group of long reed frogs of Africa (Anura: Hyperoliidae), with descriptions of six new species |journal=Zootaxa |date=2013 |volume=3620 |issue=3 |pages=301–350 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3620.3.1}}</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=180 }}</ref>
<ref name=Frost>{{cite web |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-poweri |title=''Hyperolius poweri'' Loveridge, 1938 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2022 |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=9 January 2022}}</ref> }}
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poweri Category:Frogs of Africa Category:Amphibians of Mozambique Category:Amphibians of South Africa Category:Taxa named by Arthur Loveridge Category:Amphibians described in 1938