Hyperolius gularis Ahl, 1931

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hyperoliidae > Subfamily: Hyperoliinae > Genus: Hyperolius > Species: Hyperolius gularis

Hyperolius gularis Ahl, 1931, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 17: 125. Holotype: ZMB 83544, according to Tillack, de Ruiter, and Rödel, 2021, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 97: 424; in error, as lost by Laurent, 1985, in Frost (ed.), Amph. Species World: 211. Type locality: "Loanda" = Luanda, Angola. The description in  Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 408, appeared subsequently according to Tillack, de Ruiter, and Rödel, 2021, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 97: 424. 

English Names

Loanda Reed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 67).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Luanda, Angola).

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Angola

Endemic: Angola

Comment

Probably a synonym of Hyperolius marmoratus (Laurent, 1985, in Frost (ed.), Amph. Species World: 211). Not mentioned by Schiøtz, 1999, Treefrogs Afr.Marques, Ceríaco, Blackburn, and Bauer, 2018, Proc. California Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 65 (Suppl. II): 103, commented on the arguable status of this taxon. Tillack, de Ruiter, and Rödel, 2021, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 97: 424, briefly discussed the holotype and its collector. 

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