Leptopelis rufus Reichenow, 1874
Leptopelis rufus Reichenow, 1874, Arch. Naturgesch., 40: 291. Holotype: ZMB, lost, according to Perret, 1962, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 65: 238; MHNG 1324.65 designated neotype by Perret, 1973, Ann. Fac. Sci. Cameroun, 15-16: 88. Although Reichenow's type was reported in the ZMB by Ahl, 1929, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1929: 204, the other species named in this publication, Petropedetes cameronensis, has its type deposited in ZMG and the type of Leptopelis rufus should be looked for there (DRF). Type locality: "Walde bei Victoria [now Limbé], am Fusse der Camerunberge", Cameroon; neotype from Nkondjock, Cameroon.
Hylambates rufus — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 136.
Leptopelis rufus — Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 234, 332. Based on specimens of Leptopelis millsoni according to Laurent, 1941, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 35: 97); Ahl, 1929, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1929: 204.
English Names
Red Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 69).
Distribution
Rainforests from southeasternmost Nigeria, western Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, western Gabon, and lower Rep. Congo to lower Dem. Rep. Congo.
Comment
Redefined by Perret, 1973, Ann. Fac. Sci. Cameroun, 15-16: 81-90. For a long time before its reassessment, this species was confused with several others, particularly Leptopelis palmatus. De la Riva, 1994, Rev. Esp. Herpetol., 8: 131, provided a record for Equatorial Guinea. Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo, and De la Riva, 2002, Graellsia, 58: 21-34, provided notes on ecological distribution in Equatorial Guinea. See account for Cameroon by Amiet, 2012, Rainettes Cameroun: 544-550.
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