Hyperolius platyceps (Boulenger, 1900)
Rappia platyceps Boulenger, 1900, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1900: 444. Syntype(s): BMNH (2 specimens), by original designation. Type locality: "Benito River", elsewhere in the original publication suggested to be "Benito River, north of the Gaboon River between 20 and 30 miles inland from the coast, Gaboon", Equatorial Guinea.
Rappia platyceps var. angolensis Ferreira, 1906, J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat., Lisboa, Ser. 2, 7: 161. Types: MUP by original indication. Type locality: "N'Golla Bumba e Quilombo", Angola. Junior subjective homonym of Hyperolius marmoratus var. angolensis Steindachner, 1867.
Rappia pleurotaenia Boulenger, 1906, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 7, 17: 322. Types: BMNH. Type locality: "Zima", South Cameroon, and "Rio Benito", Equatorial Guinea. Placement as subspecies of Hyperolius platyceps by Perret, 1966, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 93: 403. Formerly regarded ( Laurent, 1943, Ann. Mus. R. Congo Belge, Tervuren, Zool., 4: 71) as a synonym of Hyperolius purpurescens.
Hyperolius pleurotaenius — Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 251, 328.
Hyperolius platyceps — Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 251, 328.
Hyperolius angolanus Ahl, 1931, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 17: 22. Replacement name for Rappia platyceps var. angolensis Ferreira, 1906, according to Laurent in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 207.
Megalixalus platyceps — Loveridge, 1938, Proc. New England Zool. Club, 17: 66. Mertens, 1938, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 442: 25.
Hyperolius platyceps platyceps — Laurent, 1943, Ann. Mus. R. Congo Belge, Tervuren, Zool., 4: 94.
Hyperolius platyceps lomamiensis Laurent, 1943, Ann. Mus. R. Congo Belge, Tervuren, Zool., 4: 94. Holotype: MRAC 12387, by original designation. Type locality: "Kisamba (Terr. de Kamina, Haut-Lomami)", Dem. Rep. Congo.
Hyperolius platyceps lombaris Laurent, 1951, Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg., 82: 29. Holotype: MNHNP 1908.46, by original designation. Type locality: "Bitye, Ja river, Cameroun".
Hyperolius platyceps olbrechtsi Laurent, 1952, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 46: 275. Holotype: MRAC unnumbered, according to the original publication. Type locality: "Nyunzu, alt. 700 m., Terr. d'Albertsville, Tanganyika [Tanzania]".
Hyperolius platyceps angolanus — Laurent, 1954, Publ. Cult. Companhia Diamantes Angola, 23: 77.
Hyperolius platyceps pleurotaenia — Perret, 1966, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 93: 403.
English Names
Benito River Reed Frog (Hyperolius platyceps: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 67).
Angola Reed Frog (Hyperolius angolanus [no longer recognized]: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 66).
Distribution
Southern Cameroon to southwestern Rep. Congo, southwestern Central African Republic, northwestern Angola and western Dem. Rep. Congo.
Comment
Revised by Amiet, 1979 "1978", Ann. Fac. Sci. Cameroun, 25: 224-254, who discussed relationships. Gabon record by Lötters, Gossmann, Obame, and Böhme, 2001, Herpetofauna, Weinstadt, 23: 31. Frétey and Blanc, 2001, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 126: 383, reported this species from Gabon. Schiøtz, 2006, Alytes, 24: 54-57, provided discussion of geographic variation and other taxonomic difficulties. The sister taxon of a group composed of Hyperolius chelaensis and Hyperolius cinereus, according to Conradie, Branch, Measey, and Tolley, 2012, Zootaxa, 3269: 1-17. See account for Cameroon by Amiet, 2012, Rainettes Cameroun: 254-261.
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