Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Hyperolius bocagei Steindachner, 1867, Reise Österreichischen Fregatte Novara, Zool., Amph.: 51. Holotype: NHMW 14846, according to Häupl and Tiedemann, 1978, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 2: 22, and Häupl, Tiedemann, and Grillitsch, 1994, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 9: 26. Type locality: "Angola".

Rappia bocagii — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 126.

Rappia bocagei var. bocagei — Ferreira, 1906, J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat., Lisboa, Ser. 2, 7: 160. by implication.

Rappia bocagei var. maculata Ferreira, 1906, J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat., Lisboa, Ser. 2, 7: 160. Holotype: Not stated; presumably MUP. Type locality: "Angola . . . . Golungo Alto".

Hyperolius bocagei — Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 252, 324.

English Names

Bocage's Reed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 66; Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 151; Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 155).

Distribution

Associated with grassy pans from Angola and northwestern Zambia through southern Dem. Rep. Congo to southwestern Tanzania.

Comment

See comment under Hyperolius seabrai. Schiøtz, 1999, Treefrogs Afr.: 188, suggested that records other than from Angola, southern Dem. Rep. Congo, and western Zambia might refer to other members (possibly unnamed) of the Hyperolius viridiflavus complex. See account by Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 151-152. Schiøtz and Van Daele, 2003, Alytes, 20: 144-145, suggested that Hyperolius bocagei is a junior synonym of some member of the Hyperolius viridiflavus superspecies and has also been confused with Hyperolius kachalolae. Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 155-156, provided an account.

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