Hyperolius nitidulus Peters, 1875
Hyperolius nitidulus Peters, 1875, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1875: 209. Holotype: ZMB 7729 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: 44. Type locality: "Yoruba (Lagos)", Nigeria.
Rappia nitidula — Tornier, 1896, in Möbius (ed.), Deutsch Ost-Afr., 3: 153.
Hyperolius pallidus Mertens, 1940, Zool. Anz., 131: 243. Holotype: NHMW 16862, according to original publication. Type locality: "Poli bei Garua, Nordkamerun". Synonymy with Hyperolius tuberculatus by Schiřtz, 1967, Spolia Zool. Mus. Haun., 25: 228, and Amiet, 2012, Rainettes Cameroun: 198.
Hyperolius viridiflavus nitidulus — Laurent, 1951, Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg., 82: 43.
Hyperolius nitidulus aureus Perret, 1966, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 93: 416. Holotype: MHNG 1038.39, by original designation. Type locality: "Ngaoundéré", Cameroon.
Hyperolius nitidulus nitidulus — Perret, 1966, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 93: 289-464. by implication.
Hyperolius nitidulus bangwae Perret, 1966, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 93: 415. Holotype: MHNG 1039.2, by original designation. Type locality: "Bangwa", Cameroon. Placed in the synonymy of Hyperolius viridiflavus pallidus (now Hyperolius tuberculatus pallidus) by implication of Schiřtz, 1999, Treefrogs Afr.: 206.
English Names
Plain Reed Frog (Hyperolius viridiflavus pallidus: Jacobsen, 2009, Afr. Herp News, 47: 8).
Distribution
West African savannas from Guinea and Mali eastwards into Nigeria and Cameroon.
Comment
Removed from the synonymy of Hyperolius marmoratus by Rödel, 2000, Herpetofauna W. Afr., 1: 199 (who provided an account). Formerly it had been placed in synonymy with Hyperolius viridiflavus by Schiřtz, 1971, Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. Foren., 134: 49; with Hyperolius marmoratus (sensu lato) by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 121-122; with Hyperolius picturatus by Loveridge, 1955, Rev. Suisse Zool., 62: 130. Considered a subspecies of Hyperolius viridiflavus by Laurent, 1952 "1951", Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg., 82: 395; Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 92. Wieczorek, Drewes, and Channing, 2000, J. Biogeograph., 27: 1241, provided a cladogram of the Hyperolius viridiflavus complex, including this species, and provided a map. Padial and De la Riva, 2004, Rev. Esp. Herpetol., 18: 96, suggested that this species will be found in southern Mauritania. Schiřtz, 1963, Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. Foren., 125: 75-77, provided records for Nigeria. See comment under Hyperolius spatzi. Rödel, Sandberger, Penner, Mané, and Hillers, 2010, Bonn Zool. Bull., 57: 177-188, clarified the delimitation of the species, its distinctiveness from Hyperolius spatzi, and its range, suggesting that records from northeastern Nigeria, the driest savannas of Cameroon, and Central African Republic are based on misidentifications. See account for Cameroon by Amiet, 2012, Rainettes Cameroun: 195-203. Jacobsen, 2009, Afr. Herp News, 47: 2-20, reported Hyperolius viridiflavus pallidus from east-north-central Central African Republic.
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