Ivory Coast. Conservation Phrynomantis microps is not an endangered species, and is categorized as Least Concern. Phrynomantis microps tadpoles, among other species, were found to be important regulators of algal biomass in freshwater ponds. The algae begins as microalgae – phytoplankton and periphyton – which the Phrynomantis microps tadpoles feed on. Increased predation (in the case of an experimental study, by carnivorous tadpoles) led to an increase in algal biomass which proved detrimental for the pond ecosystem. Home range and territoriality Phrynomantis microps exhibit no evidence of territoriality. They do not seem to guard their territory during the day or at night when hunting, and as many as six Phrynomantis microps can be found inhabiting the same ant nest. When calling, males migrate in search of a nearby pond formed by the heavy rains and do not claim a territory. After mating, the eggs are laid in the pond and other couples may also lay their eggs in the same pond. Diet Juvenile Tadpole Phrynomantis microps are suspension feeders, eating planktonic organisms in the water. Adult Adult Phrynomantis microps are insectivores that feed exclusively on ants and termites. Interestingly, they do not seem to feed on the ants in which they share their burrows, instead leaving at night to hunt. Reproduction and mating Spawning of Phrynomantis microps is fairly typical, with the male forming an amplexus and fertilizing the female. They then remain coupled while they finish walking to a nearby pond, where immediately after fertilization the egg clutches are laid. The number of eggs laid varies considerably, with the number from observed spawnings ranging from 100 to 600+ eggs. The eggs are white or yellowish. Tadpoles hatch after two days, and are translucent. The tadpoles metamorphose into froglets in 40 days and then leave the water. Phrynomantis microps will only search for mates during the rainy season of their respective habitats, which vary in duration and precipitation rates. It will lay multiple clutches that are split into multiple clutches of eggs of varying sizes. Locations are both within and between separate ponds formed by the rain. For example, in the CNP, reproductive activity was measured from 1992-1996. While from 1992 to 1994 reproductive activity – male calling, clutches – was only observed after rainfalls of more than 16mm, from 1995 to 1996 the same was found after rainfall of only 2mm. Over the course of the same years, Phrynomantis