Hyperolius adspersus Peters, 1877
Hyperolius adspersus Peters, 1877, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1877: 619. Holotype: ZMB 9176 according to Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 92, and Bauer, Günther, and Klipfel, 1995, in Bauer et al. (eds.), Herpetol. Contr. W.C.H. Peters: 43. Type locality: "Chinchoxo (Westafrika)"; given as "Xinchoxo", Tanzania by Tornier, 1896, in Möbius (ed.), Deutsch Ost-Afr., 3: 137.
Rappia adspersa — Tornier, 1896, in Möbius (ed.), Deutsch Ost-Afr., 3: 136.
Hyperolius dartevellei Laurent, 1943, Ann. Mus. R. Congo Belge, Tervuren, Zool., 4: 72. Holotype: MRAC 38385, by original designation. Type locality: "Zambi (Bas-Congo)", Dem. Rep. Congo. Synonymy with Hyperolius nasutus adspersus by Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 92.
Hyperolius nasutus adspersus — Laurent, 1957, Explor. Parc Natl. Upemba, Miss. G.F. de Witte, 42: 1-47. Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 92. Subspecies distinctiveness rejected by Inger, 1968, Explor. Parc Natl. Garamba, Miss. H. de Saeger, 52: 137.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Southeastern Nigeria, southern Cameroon, east and south through Gabon to the lower Congo Basin of Dem. Rep. Congo, and west into southeastern Nigeria.
Comment
Removed from the synonymy of Hyperolius nasutus by Amiet, 2005, Rev. Suisse Zool., 112: 274, where it had been placed as a subspecies by Laurent, 1957, Explor. Parc Natl. Upemba, Miss. G.F. de Witte, 42: 1-47; and Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 92. In the Hyperolius nasutus group of Amiet, 2005, Rev. Suisse Zool., 112: 271-310, who discussed this and other species of this group in Cameroon. Schiøtz, 2006, Alytes, 24: 68, provided some comments on confusion with Hyperolius nasutus. Schiøtz, 2006, Alytes, 24: 46, provided a record for central Dem. Rep. Congo and discussed the difficulty in application of the name. Pauwels and Rödel, 2007, Herpetozoa, 19: 135-148, did not register the species as occurring in Gabon. See account for Cameroon by Amiet, 2012, Rainettes Cameroun: 288-295.
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