Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Crumenifera pusilla Cope, 1862, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 14: 343. Type(s): Not designated; ANSP 11323 is holotype according to Malnate, 1971, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 123: 352. Type locality: "Umvoti", KwaZulu-Natal, Rep. South Africa. Given, apparently in error as "Umvoti, W. Africa" by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 127.

Hyperolius microps Günther, 1864, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864: 311. Syntypes: BMNH. Type locality: "Rovuma Bay", Tanzania; given as Unknown and "Zambesi Expedition" by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 127. Synonymy by Loveridge, 1936, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 79: 372, and Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 191.

Hyperolius heuglini Steindachner, 1864, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 14: 244. Type(s): NHMW 32923 tentatively listed as holotype by Tiedemann and Grillitsch, 2000 "1999", Herpetozoa, 12: 148. Type locality: Abyssinia [= Ethiopia]. Provisional synonymy with Hyperolius microps by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 127.

Rappia microps — Günther, 1869 "1868", Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868: 481. Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 127.

Rappia pusilla — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 127. Barbour, 1911, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 54: 133.

Hyperolius pusillus — Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 251, 328. Loveridge, 1936, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 79: 407; Loveridge, 1953, Q. J. Florida Acad. Sci., 16: 147.

Hyperolius microps — Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 326.

Hyperolius usaramoae Loveridge, 1932, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 45: 63. Holotype: MCZ 13363, by original designation. Type locality: "Mogogoni swamp, south of Dar es Salaam, Usaramo, Tanganyika Territory [Tanzania]". Synonymy with Hyperolius microps by Loveridge, 1932, in errata attached to reprint of orignal description; Loveridge, 1936, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 79: 372; Loveridge, 1938, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 51: 213-214.

Hyperolius translucens Power, 1935, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1935: 339. Syntypes: MMK (2 specimens). Type locality: "Port St. Johns", Pondoland, Rep. South Africa. Synonymy by Loveridge, 1936, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 79: 372; Loveridge, 1938, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 51: 213-214.

Hyperolius milnei Loveridge, 1935, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 79: 18. Holotype: MCZ 20025, by original designation. Type locality: "Witu, Coast Province, Kenya Colony". Synonymy by Loveridge, 1942, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 91: 379, 412.

English Names

Translucent Tree Frog (Hewitt, 1937, Guide Vert. Fauna E. Cape Province, Rept. Amph. Fishes: 111; Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 7; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 250).

Transparent Pigmy Sedge Frog (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 73).

Water Lily Frog (Pienaar, 1963, Koedoe, 6: 81; Wager, 1965, Frogs S. Afr.: 204; Broadley, 1973, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 10: 24; Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 7; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 250; Lambiris, 1990 "1989", Monogr. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 10: 167; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 262).

Water Lily Reed Frog (Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 178).

Lily Pad Frog (Van Dijk, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 17: 16).

Dwarf Reed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 68).

Water Lily Reed Frog (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 176-177).

Distribution

Open swamp vegetation of southernmost coastal Somalia south along coastal lowlands of Africa to extreme eastern Eastern Cape Province, Rep. South Africa; records also in southern Zimbabwe, and in northern Botswana, suggesting the eventual discovery in the Caprivi area of Namibia; one record in extreme northern Malawi on the Tanzania-Zambia border.

Comment

Poynton and Broadley, 1987, Ann. Natal Mus., 28: 205, noted that Zambian records are referrable to Hyperolius viridis. See brief taxonomic discussion of Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 191-192, and accounts by Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 176-177, Channing and Howell, 2006, Amph. E. Afr.: 178-179, Alexander, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 146-147, Pickersgill, 2007, Frog Search: 346-349 (who implied a cryptic species exists in Malawi), and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 262-263. Mercurio, 2011, Amph. Malawi: 183-185, provided an account for Malawi.

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