Arthroleptis

Arthroleptis is a genus of frogs in the family Arthroleptidae found in tropical sub-Saharan Africa. Their common names include screeching frogs, sometimes simply squeakers.

==Description== These species are terrestrial breeding, with direct development (metamorphosis to froglets occurs within the egg). Many species in this genus are small, or very small, frogs with a minimum adult size of snout-vent length. The largest species (Arthroleptis nikeae and Arthroleptis tanneri) reach body lengths around . It was hypothesized that small species evolved from larger ones, but in fact the opposite seems to be the case.