Hyperolius benguellensis (Bocage, 1893)
Rappia benguellensis Bocage, 1893, J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat., Lisboa, Ser. 2, 3: 119. Syntypes: MBL 17.220-223, according to Perret, 1976, Arq. Mus. Bocage, Ser. 2, 6: 26; destroyed in 1978 fire, according to R. Laurent in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 207. Type locality: "Cahata" = Caota, Benguella, Angola.
Hyperolius benguellensis — Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 251, 324. Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 305.
English Names
Bocage's Sharp-nosed Reed Frog (Lambiris, 1990 "1989", Monogr. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 10: 172; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 244).
Benguella Reed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 66).
Distribution
Western Angola to southwestern Uganda, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, eastern Zambia, Zimbabwe, Caprivi of Namibia, and northern Botswana.
Comment
In the Hyperolius nasutus group and removed from the synonymy of Hyperolius nasutus by Amiet, 2005, Rev. Suisse Zool., 112: 271-310 (although on page 292, he allowed that it may be a synonym of Hyperolius nasutus), where it had been placed by Loveridge, 1953, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 110: 362-363; and Schiøtz, 1999, Treefrogs Afr.: 97. The status of this taxon is controversial. See comment under Hyperolius viridis.
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