help identifying tiger legged monkey - Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis or tomopterna?

[matt3eat]

Hi guys i bought 2 of these tiger legged monkey frogs from a local shop, however they cannot tell me if they are hypochondrialis or tomopterna.
I know the two require different levels of humidity etc but i am struggling to identify which species have just been sold to me!
any help would be much appreciated!
thank you


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[Diver]

You have a couple of tomopterna Great frogs!

[matt3eat]

ok thats great thanks diver, can i ask how you can tell from the photos? i read somewhere there is a diffence in the area the stripes cover but i just cant see it myself!
thanks

[Diver]

The colouration of the flanks is a good indication, here's a couple of images from Google which show the difference pretty well:

Hypochondrialis



Tomopterna




There's some difference in body shape and of course size, but these are harder to tell unless you have them side by side or are very familiar with both.

There's also some difference in habit, when sleeping during the day Tomopterna will usually choose to sit fully exposed on the upper surface of leaves while hypochondrialis is a lot more reclusive.

[matt3eat]

ok thats brilliant thanks for the help!