Hyperolius glandicolor Peters, 1878
Hyperolius glandicolor Peters, 1878, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1878: 208. Syntypes: ZMB 9299 (2 specimens), according to Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 84. Type locality: "Taita", Kenya. Synonymy with Hyperolius cinctiventris by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 126. Considered a subspecies of Hyperolius marmoratus by Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 84.
Hyperolius striolatus Peters, 1882, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1882: 9. Holotype: ZMB 9300 according to Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 84, and Bauer, Günther, and Klipfel, 1995, in Bauer et al. (eds.), Herpetol. Contr. W.C.H. Peters: 45. Type locality: "Taita", Kenya. Considered a synonym of Hyperolius marmoratus glandicolor by Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 84.
Megalixalus pantherinus Steindachner, 1891, Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math. Naturwiss. Kl., 28: 142. Holotype: Not stated; NHMW 3734, according to Häupl, Tiedemann, and Grillitsch, 1994, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 9: 29. Type locality: "Laikipia", 1800 m, Kenya. Synonymy with Hyperolius viridiflavus by Schiøtz, 1975, Treefrogs E. Afr.: 198. Synonymy with Hyperolius glandicolor by Wieczorek, Drewes, and Channing, 2000, J. Biogeograph., 27: 1235.
Rappia striolata — Tornier, 1896, in Möbius (ed.), Deutsch Ost-Afr., 3: 139.
Rappia glandicolor — Tornier, 1896, in Möbius (ed.), Deutsch Ost-Afr., 3: 154.
Rappia Ferniquei Mocquard, 1902, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, 8: 407. Holotype: MNHNP 1902.184, according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 56. Type locality: "de la rivière Atchi, à l'altitude de 1,450 mètres", Kenya. Synonymy with Hyperolius striolatus by Loveridge, 1933, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 74: 356; with Hyperolius marmoratus striolatus by Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 56; Laurent, 1951, Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg., 82: 38.
Rappia symetrica Mocquard, 1902, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, 8: 408. Syntypes: MNHNP 1924.30-34, according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 56. Type locality: "de la rivière Atchi, à l'altitude de 1,450 mètres", Kenya. Synonymy with Hyperolius striolatus by Loveridge, 1933, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 74: 346. Synonymy with Hyperolius undulatus by Loveridge, 1936, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 79: 372. Synonymy with Hyperolius marmoratus striolatus by Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 56; Laurent, 1951, Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg., 82: 23-50. Laurent, 1952 "1951", Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg., 82: 387.
Rappia platyrhinus Procter, 1920, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1920: 416. Holotype: BMNH, by original designation. Type locality: "Nairobi", Kenya. Placed in the synonymy of Hyperolius undulatus by Loveridge, 1936, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 79: 372. Synonymy with Hyperolius marmoratus striolatus by Laurent, 1952 "1951", Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg., 82: 387.
Hyperolius ferniquei — Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 252, 325.
Hyperolius goetzei Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 413. Syntypes: ZMB (2 specimens) unnumbered, according to the original publication. Type locality: "Uhehe, Massai-Steppe", Tanzania. Considered a subspecies of Hyperolius marmoratus by Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 83. The description in Ahl, 1931, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 17: 128, appeared a few weeks later according to unpublished notes by A. Loveridge (fide R. Laurent). Synonymy with Hyperolius glandicolor by Wieczorek, Drewes, and Channing, 2000, J. Biogeograph., 27: 1235.
Hyperolius coeruleopunctatus Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 350. Syntypes: ZMB (4 specimens) unnumbered, according to the original publication; ZMB 36115 considered a 'cotype' by Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 84. Type locality: "Britisch-Ostafrika" (= Kenya). Synonymy with Hyperolius striolatus by Loveridge, 1933, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 74: 346. Synonymy with Hyperolius striolatus by Loveridge, 1933, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 74: 346; with Hyperolius marmoratus striolatus by Laurent, 1952 "1951", Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg., 82: 387. The description in Ahl, 1931, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 17: 76, appeared a few weeks later according to unpublished notes by A. Loveridge (fide R. Laurent).
Hyperolius scheffleri Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 387. Holotype: ZMB unnumbered, according to the original publication. Type locality: "Kibwezi, Britisch-Ostafrika [= Kenya]". Placed in the synonymy of Hyperolius striolatus by Loveridge, 1936, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 79: 372. Synonymy with Hyperolius marmoratus striolatus by Laurent, 1952 "1951", Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg., 82: 387. The description in Ahl, 1931, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 17: 111, appeared a few weeks later according to unpublished notes by A. Loveridge (fide R. Laurent).
Hyperolius pulchromarmoratus Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 367. Holotype: ZMB unnumbered, according to the original publication. Type locality: "Britisch Ostafrika" (= Kenya). Provisional synonymy by Schiøtz, 1975, Treefrogs E. Afr.: 200. Placed in the synonymy of Hyperolius striolatus by Loveridge, 1936, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 79: 372. Synonymy with Hyperolius marmoratus striolatus by Laurent, 1952 "1951", Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg., 82: 387. 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 ferniquei — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 375.
Hyperolius albolabris Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 287. Holotype: ZMB unnumbered according to the original publication. Type locality: "Kwa Buosch oder Bnorch, (Deutsch-Ostafrika [=Tanzania])". The description in Ahl, 1931, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 17: 33, appeared a few weeks later according to unpublished notes by A. Loveridge (fide R. Laurent).Synonymy with Hyperolius marmoratus striolatus by Laurent, 1952 "1951", Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg., 82: 387.
Hyperolius bergeri Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 346. Holotype: ZMB unnumbered, according to the original publication. Type locality: "Guaso Narok (Englisch-Ostafrika)" (= Uaso Narok, Kenya). Synonymy with Hyperolius marmoratus striolatus by Laurent, 1952 "1951", Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg., 82: 387. Synonymy by Schiøtz, 1975, Treefrogs E. Afr.: 198. The description in Ahl, 1931, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 17: 73, appeared a few weeks later according to unpublished notes by A. Loveridge (fide R. Laurent).
Hyperolius marmoratus ommatostictus Laurent, 1951, Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg., 82: 36. Types: MNHNP 1912.383, by original designation. Type locality: "Kibonoto [= Kibongoto], Kilimandjaro", Tanzania. Synonymy with Hyperolius glandicolor by Wieczorek, Drewes, and Channing, 2000, J. Biogeograph., 27: 1235.
Hyperolius marmoratus striolatus — Laurent, 1951, Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg., 82: 38.
Hyperolius viridiflavus pitmani — Laurent, 1952 "1951", Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg., 82: 394. Types: Not stated, presumably in MRAC or IRSNB. Type locality: "lac Bunyoni", Uganda. Synonymy with Hyperolius glandicolor by Wieczorek, Drewes, and Channing, 2000, J. Biogeograph., 27: 1235.
Hyperolius pantherinus — Loveridge, 1957, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 117: 326.
Hyperolius marmoratus goetzei — Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 83.
Hyperolius viridiflavus ngorongoriensis Schiøtz, 1975, Treefrogs E. Afr.: 210. Holotype: ZMUC R079324, by original designation. Type locality: "Ngorongoro Crater Rim, Tanzania". Synonymy by Wieczorek, Drewes, and Channing, 2001, Amphibia-Reptilia, 22: 159; by implication of stating the "H. v[iridiflavus] from ngorongoro" belonged in this synonymy.
Hyperolius viridiflavus pantherinus — Schiøtz, 1975, Treefrogs E. Afr.: 198. Häupl, Tiedemann, and Grillitsch, 1994, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 9: 29.
Hyperolius orkarkarri Drewes, 1997, Proc. California Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 49: 440. Holotype: CAS 186087, by original designation. Type locality: "Tanzania: Mara Region: Serengeti Dist: Serengeti National Park: Moru Kopjes, on Gong Rock. 02° 43.05 S; 34° 47.6 E at an elevation of 1585 m." Synonymy by Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 163. See comment by Broadley, 2007, Afr. J. Herpetol., 56: 97-98.
Hyperolius pitmani — Pickersgill, 2007, Frog Search: 423.
English Names
Peters Reed Frog (Measey, Malonza, and Muchai, 2009, Amph. Taita Hills: 51).
Distribution
Southern Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, southern Uganda; likely adjacent Dem. Rep. Congo, northeastern Malawi and extreme northern Mozambique (see comment).
Comment
Removed from the synonymy of Hyperolius marmoratus by Wieczorek, Drewes, and Channing, 2000, J. Biogeograph., 27: 1231-1243 (who provided a new concept and range), and Wieczorek, Drewes, and Channing, 2001, Amphibia-Reptilia, 22: 159, where it had been placed by Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 84. Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 162-163, provided an account and who regarded the range as "from southern and central Kenya, central Tanzania including the Serengeti, to southwestern Uganda." Malonza, Lötters, and Measey, 2010, J. E. Afr. Nat. Hist., 99: 56, commented on range, habitat, and conservation status in the Taita Hills of Kenya. Measey, Malonza, and Muchai, 2009, Amph. Taita Hills: 50-52, provided a brief account and photo for the Taita Hills, Kenya. Conradie, Branch, Measey, and Tolley, 2012, Zootaxa, 3269: 1-17, suggested that Hyperolius glandicolor is the sister taxon of Hyperolius viridiflavus + (Hyperolius tuberculartus + Hyperolius angolensis [= presumably, Hyperolius parallelus]).
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