Hyperolius sylvaticus Schiøtz, 1967
Hyperolius sylvaticus Schiøtz, 1967, Spolia Zool. Mus. Haun., 25: 165-166. Holotype: ZMUC R074497, by original designation. Type locality: "Bobiri Forest Reserve, Ghana".
Hyperolius sylvaticus sylvaticus — Schiøtz, 1967, Spolia Zool. Mus. Haun., 25: 166.
Hyperolius sylvaticus nigeriensis — Schiøtz, 1967, Spolia Zool. Mus. Haun., 25: 169. Holotype: ZMUC R 071169, by original designation. Type locality: "a small waterhole along the Ibadan-Oyo road about 4 miles north of University of Ibadan, Western Nigeria".
Hyperolius sylvaticus ivorensis Schiøtz, 1967, Spolia Zool. Mus. Haun., 25: 172. Holotype: ZMUC R 075109, by original designation. Type locality: "a dense gallery forest along the River Bandama close to Station Scientifique Lamto, about 40 km n. of Tiassalé, Côte d'Ivoire".
English Names
Bobiri Reed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 68).
Distribution
Forests in southern Togo and Ivory Coast to western Cameroon; to be expected in Liberia.
Comment
Hillers, Boateng, Segniagbeto, Agyei, and Rödel, 2009, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 85: 127-141, provided the first record for Togo. See Schiøtz, 1999, Treefrogs Afr.: 42-46. See account for Cameroon by Amiet, 2012, Rainettes Cameroun: 233-238.
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