Leptopelis aubryioides (Andersson, 1907)
Hylambates rufus var. aubryioides Andersson, 1907, Jahrb. Nassau. Ver. Naturkd., Wiesbaden, 60: 241. Syntypes: NHRM 1463 (1 specimen), MWNH (3 specimens; numbered lot 13 according to Köhler and Güsten, 2007, Spixiana, München, 30: 280), and 1 possibly in NHMG, according to Erik Ahland, personal commun. MWNH 135/1 designated lectotype by Köhler, 2009, Copeia, 2009: 57. Type locality: "Bibundi, Kamerun".
Leptopelis omissus omissus Amiet, 1992 "1991", Alytes, 9: 90. Holotype: MNHNP 1991.270, by original designation. Type locality: "Kala (Cameroun)". Synonymy by Köhler, 2009, Copeia, 2009: 57.
Leptopelis aubryioides — Köhler, 2009, Copeia, 2009: 57.
English Names
Kala Forest Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 69 [as Leptopelis omissus]).
Distribution
Southeastern Nigeria through southern Cameroon to Gabon and southern Rep. Congo; expected in Equatorial Guinea, western Dem. Rep. Congo and Cabinda enclave, Angola.
Comment
Frétey and Blanc, 2001, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 126: 384, reported this species (as Leptopelis omissus) from Gabon. Köhler, 2009, Copeia, 2009: 57-61, (1) removed Hylambates rufus aubryioides from the synonymy of Leptopelis modestus where it had been placed by Ahl, 1929, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1929: 215: (2) showed it to be a senior synonym of Leptopelis omissus Amiet, 1992. See account for Cameroon by Amiet, 2012, Rainettes Cameroun: 459-465.
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