Hyperolius acutirostris Buchholz and Peters, 1875
Hyperolius acutirostris Buchholz and Peters In Peters, 1875, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1875: 207. Syntype(s): ZMB 8470 (2 specimens, only one of which located by Perret, 1975, Rev. Suisse Zool., 82: 191, and Bauer, Günther, and Klipfel, 1995, in Bauer et al. (eds.), Herpetol. Contr. W.C.H. Peters: 43); MHNG 965.12 (holotype of Hyperolius mosaicus) designated neotype by Perret, 1966, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 93: 408; neotype designation invalidated by Perret, 1975, Rev. Suisse Zool., 82: 191. Type locality: "Cameruns"; restricted to Ngam, Cameroon, by Perret, 1966, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 93: 408; restriction rejected by Perret, 1975, Rev. Suisse Zool., 82: 191.
Rappia acutirostris — Tornier, 1896, in Möbius (ed.), Deutsch Ost-Afr., 3: 154.
Hyperolius acutirostris — Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 252, 268.
English Names
Sharpsnout Reed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 66).
Distribution
Southwestern Cameroon as far east as the Yaounde region, in lowland rainforest below 1300 m elevation.
Comment
See comments under Hyperolius mosaicus and Hyperolius endjami. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 617. See account for Cameroon by Amiet, 2012, Rainettes Cameroun: 214-218.
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