Hyperolius concolor (Hallowell, 1844)
Ixalus concolor Hallowell, 1844, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 2: 60. Holotype: ANSP 3216, according to Malnate, 1971, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 123: 350. Type locality: "Liberia".
Euchnemis modestus Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856, Nomencl. Rept. Amph. Mus. Zool. Berol.: 36. Nomen nudum. Synonymy by Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 88.
Hyperolius modestus Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 88. Holotype: BMNH, by original designation. Type localty: "Gold Coast". Synonymy by Peters, 1875, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1875: 207; Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 124.
Hyperolius concolor — Cope, 1862, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 14: 342. Peters, 1875, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1875: 207; Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 251.
Hyperolius concolor — Cope, 1862, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 14: 342. Barbour and Loveridge, 1930, in Strong (ed.), Afr. Rep. Liberia Belgian Congo, 2: 783.
Rappia concolor — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 124. Chabanaud, 1921, Bull. Com. Études Hist. Scient. Afr. Occid. Franç., 1921: 457.
Rappia sordida Fischer, 1888, Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst., 5: 10. Syntypes: in "Lübecker Museum", by original designation; including BMNH 89.12.16.160-161, according to Parker, 1936, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1936: 151 (who provided a redescription). Type locality: "Kamerun". Synonymy by Loveridge, 1938, Proc. New England Zool. Club, 17: 49-74; Perret, 1966, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 93: 411.
Rappia spurrelli Boulenger, 1917, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 8, 19: 408. Holotype: BMNH, by original designation. Type locality: "Obuasi, S. Ashantee". Synonymy with Hyperolius concolor concolor by Laurent, 1951, Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg., 82: 23-50; Perret, 1966, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 93: 411.
Hyperolius spurrelli — Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 251, 329.
Hyperolius sordidus — Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 252, 329. Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 335.
Hyperolius spurrelli Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 270.
Hyperolius depressus Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 326. Holotype: ZMB unnumbered, according to the original publication. Type locality: "Misahöhe, Togo". Synonymy by Laurent, 1958, Mem. Inst. Franç. Afr. Noire, 53: 275; Perret, 1966, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 93: 411. The description in Ahl, 1931, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 17: 61, appeared a few weeks later according to unpublished notes by A. Loveridge (fide R. Laurent).
Hyperolius togoensis Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 390. Syntypes: ZMB unnumbered, according to the original publication. Type locality: "Togo (genauerer Fundort unbekkannt)". Synonymy by Laurent, 1958, Mem. Inst. Franç. Afr. Noire, 53: 275; Perret, 1966, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 93: 411. The description in Ahl, 1931, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 17: 112, appeared a few weeks later according to unpublished notes by A. Loveridge (fide R. Laurent).
Hyperolius maximus Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 366. Holotype: ZMB unnumbered, according to the original publication; this being ZMB 36113, according to XXX; MCZ 17639 considered 'cotype', on exchange from ZMB by Barbour and Loveridge, 1946, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 96: 127. Type locality: "Ossindinge", Cameroon. Synonymy by Loveridge, 1938, Proc. New England Zool. Club, 17: 49-74; Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 78. The description in Ahl, 1931, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 17: 92, appeared a few weeks later according to unpublished notes by A. Loveridge (fide R. Laurent).
Hyperolius petersi Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 274. Syntypes: ZMB unnumbered according to the original publication. Type locality: "Mombas". Synonymy by Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 77; Perret, 1966, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 93: 411. The description in Ahl, 1931, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 17: 23, appeared a few weeks later according to unpublished notes by A. Loveridge (fide R. Laurent).
Hyperolius pulcher Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 308. Holotype: ZMB unnumbered, according to the original publication; ZMB 36088, according to Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 78. Type locality: "Japoma [near Douala], Kamerun". Synonymy by Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 78. The description in Ahl, 1931, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 17: 48, appeared a few weeks later according to unpublished notes by A. Loveridge (fide R. Laurent).
Hyperolius argentophthalmus Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 357. Holotype: ZMB unnumbered, according to the original publication; ZMB 36092, according to Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 78. Type locality: Unknown. Synonymy by Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 77; Perret, 1966, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 93: 411. The description in Ahl, 1931, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 17: 83, appeared a few weeks later according to unpublished notes by A. Loveridge (fide R. Laurent).
Hyperolius moseri Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 311. Holotype: ZMB unnumbered, according to the original publication. Type locality: "Togo (Misahöhe)". Synonymy (with Hyperolius concolor concolor) by Laurent, 1951, Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg., 82: 30; Laurent, 1951, Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg., 82: 23-50; Perret, 1966, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 93: 411. The description in Ahl, 1931, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 17: 50, appeared a few weeks later according to unpublished notes by A. Loveridge (fide R. Laurent).
Hyperolius narinus Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 383. Holotype: ZMB unnumbered, according to the original publication; ZMB 36090, according to Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 78. Type locality: "Togo (Misahöhe". Synonymy, without discussion, by Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 77; Perret, 1966, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 93: 411; tentative synonymy by Schiøtz, 1967, Spolia Zool. Mus. Haun., 25: 176. The description in Ahl, 1931, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 17: 109, appeared a few weeks later according to unpublished notes by A. Loveridge (fide R. Laurent).
Hyperolius guineensis Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 285. Syntypes: ZMB unnumbered according to the original publication. Type locality: "Guinea". Synonymy by Laurent, 1958, Mem. Inst. Franç. Afr. Noire, 53: 275; Perret, 1966, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 93: 411; (tentative synonymy by) Schiøtz, 1967, Spolia Zool. Mus. Haun., 25: 176. The description in Ahl, 1931, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 17: 30, appeared a few weeks later according to unpublished notes by A. Loveridge (fide R. Laurent).
Hyperolius concolor concolor — Laurent, 1951, Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg., 82: 30. Perret, 1962, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 65: 244.
Hyperolius concolor ibadanensis Schiøtz, 1967, Spolia Zool. Mus. Haun., 25: 180. Holotype: ZMUC R 071441, by original designation. Type locality: "University of Ibadan, Nigeria".
English Names
Variable Reed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 67).
Hallowell's Sedge Frog (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 72).
Distribution
Eastern Sierra Leone to western Cameroon.
Comment
In the Hyperolius concolor superspecies according to Schiøtz, 1975, Treefrogs E. Afr.: 113. See comment under Hyperolius stenodactylus. Rödel, 2000, Herpetofauna W. Afr., 1: 194-199, provided an account. Gambia record by Barnett, Emms, and Santoni, 2001, Herpetol. Bull., London, 77: 8, was noted as a likely misidentification by Emms, Jambang, Bah, Mankali, Rödel, and Barnett, 2005, Herpetol. Bull., London, 94: 6-16. Segniagbeto, Bowessidjaou, Dubois, and Ohler, 2007, Alytes, 24: 77, commented on the presence of this species in Togo. See account for Cameroon by Amiet, 2012, Rainettes Cameroun: 262-270.
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