Hyperolius pardalis Laurent, 1948
Hyperolius steindachneri pardalis Laurent, 1948 "1947", Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 11, 14: 294. Holotype: BMNH 1913.10.29.29, by original designation. Type locality: "Bitye, S. Cameroons".
Hyperolius pardalis — Perret, 1976, Arq. Mus. Bocage, Ser. 2, 6: 25.
English Names
Leopard Reed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 67).
Distribution
Forests of southern Cameroon to southwestern Central African Republic northwestern Rep. Congo, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea.
Comment
Closely related to Hyperolius steindachneri and Hyperolius bolifambae, according to Schiøtz, 1999, Treefrogs Afr.: 143. See comment by Lötters, Gossmann, Obame, and Böhme, 2001, Herpetofauna, Weinstadt, 23: 30, who provided the Gabon record. De la Riva, 1994, Rev. Esp. Herpetol., 8: 130, provided a record for Equatorial Guinea. Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo, and De la Riva, 2002, Graellsia, 58: 21-34, provided notes on ecological distribution in Equatorial Guinea. See account for Cameroon by Amiet, 2012, Rainettes Cameroun: 337-342.
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