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Hyperolius fusciventris Peters, 1876

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

Hyperolius fusciventris Peters, 1876, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1876: 122. Syntypes: ZMB 6635 and 8668, by original designation; see Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 69, for brief discussion of types. Type locality: "Liberia".

Rappia burtoni Boulenger, 1883, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 5, 12: 163. Holotypes: BMNH 1947.2.9.27 (formerly 1882.6.22.16), by museum records. Type locality: "Ancober River, Gold Coast". Synonymy by Schiøtz, 1963, Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. Foren., 125: 66.

Rappia fusciventris — Tornier, 1896, in Möbius (ed.), Deutsch Ost-Afr., 3: 154; Nieden, 1908, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 3: 503.

Rappia aylmeri Boulenger, 1915, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1915: 243. Holotype: BMNH, by original designation, although BM records suggest 1947.2.9.59-60 (formerly 1915.3.10.2-3) are syntypes. Type locality: "Sierra Leone". Synonymy by Laurent, 1958, Mem. Inst. Franç. Afr. Noire, 53: 275.

Hyperolius burtoni — Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 252, 324; Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 394.

Hyperolius fusciventris — Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 252.

Hyperolius aylmeri — Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 251, 324; Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 308.

Hyperolius oeseri Ahl, 1931, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 17: 51,. Holotype: ZMB unnumbered, according to the original publication; ZMB 31867 according to Tillack, de Ruiter, and Rödel, 2021, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 97: 431. Type locality: "Grand Bassa, Liberia". Tentative synonymy by Parker, 1936, Zool. Meded., Leiden, 19: 94. Synonymy by Laurent, 1958, Mem. Inst. Franç. Afr. Noire, 53: 275. The description in Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 313, appeared subsequently according to Tillack, de Ruiter, and Rödel, 2021, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 97: 431.

Hyperolius rosaceus Ahl, 1931, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 17: 105. Holotype: ZMB unnumbered, according to the original publication; ZMB 36104, according to Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 69. Type locality: "Klein-Popo, Togo"; given as "Anhéo (Anecho or Popovi), Lacs Prefecture, Maritime Region, Togo" by Tillack, de Ruiter, and Rödel, 2021, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 97: 433. Synonymy by Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 69. The description in Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 379, appeared subsequently according to Tillack, de Ruiter, and Rödel, 2021, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 97: 433.

Hyperolius trifasciatus Ahl, 1931, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 17: 119. Syntypes: ZMB (3 specimens) unnumbered, according to the original publication; Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 70, considered these three to be under numbers ZMB 31868–69; Tillack, de Ruiter, and Rödel, 2021, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 97: 436, added ZMB 77976, formerly part of 31869. Type locality: "Grand Bassa, Liberia". Synonymy by Laurent, 1958, Mem. Inst. Franç. Afr. Noire, 53: 275. The description in Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 403, appeared subsequently according to Tillack, de Ruiter, and Rödel, 2021, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 97: 436.

Hyperolius fusciventris fusciventris — Schiøtz, 1963, Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. Foren., 125: 66.

Hyperolius fusciventris burtoni — Schiøtz, 1963, Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. Foren., 125: 66.

Hyperolius fusciventris lamtoensis Schiøtz, 1967, Spolia Zool. Mus. Haun., 25: 153. Holotype: ZMUC R 076255, by original designation. Type locality: "a few miles south of the village Ndenou, west of River Bandama, Côte d'Ivoire".

Common Names

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

Dark-bellied Reed Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 172).

Distribution

Sierra Leone to western Cameroon.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo

Comment

Schiøtz, 1999, Treefrogs Afr.: 105–109, in his account of the species noted that the three subspecies are allopatric and diagnosable. See comments by Rödel, 1998, Rev. Fr. Aquar. Herpetol., 25: 128–129. Rödel, 2000, Herpetofauna W. Afr., 1: 221–224, provided an account. Rödel and Branch, 2002, Salamandra, 38: 259, noted that the name covers three described subspecies and two additional similar species restricted to Tai National Park and the Mont Nimba region. Schiøtz, 1963, Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. Foren., 125: 66–69, provided records for Nigeria. Rödel, Brede, Schiefenhövel, Penner, Sinsin, and Nago, 2007, Salamandra, 43: 238, provided a record from Lama Forest, southern Benin. Segniagbeto, Bowessidjaou, Dubois, and Ohler, 2007, Alytes, 24: 77, commented on the presence of this species in Togo. See comments by Rödel, Gil, Agyei, Leaché, Diaz, Fujita, and Ernst, 2005, Salamandra, 41: 118, who suggested that Hyperolius fusciventris fusciventris, Hyperolius fusciventris lamtoensis, and Hyperolius fusciventris burtoni might be distinct species. See account for Cameroon by Amiet, 2012, Rainettes Cameroun: 303–312. Rödel and Glos, 2019, Zoosyst. Evol., 95: 22, reported this species from the Krahn-Bassa Proposed Protected Area in southeastern Liberia and the Foya Proposed Protected Area in western Liberia. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 172–173, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. See Portik, Bell, Blackburn, Bauer, Barratt, Branch, Burger, Channing, Colston, Conradie, Dehling, Drewes, Ernst, Greenbaum, Gvoždík, Harvey, Hillers, Hirschfeld, Jongsma, Kielgast, Kouete, Lawson, Leaché, Loader, Lötters, van der Meijden, Menegon, Müller, Nagy, Ofori-Boateng, Ohler, Papenfuss, Rößler, Sinsch, Rödel, Veith, Vindum, Zassi-Boulou, and McGuire, 2019, Syst. Biol., 68: 859–875 (supplemental fig. 1) for phylogenetic placement. Kanga, Kouamé, Zogbass, Gongomin, Agoh, Kouamé, Konan, Adepo-Gourène, Gourène, and Rödel, 2021, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 15: 71–107, commented on conservation status, identification, range, and habitat on the Ivory Coast side of Mont Nimba. Tillack, de Ruiter, and Rödel, 2021, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 97: 407–450, discussed the ZMB types of Hyperolius fusciventris, Hyperolius oeseri, Hyperolius rosaceus. and Hyperolius trifasciatus. Oussou, Assemian, Kouadio, and Tiédoué , 2022, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 16 (1, e298): 1–13, found Hyperolius fusciventris fusciventris and Hyperolius fusciventris lamtoensis in sympatry in Tai National Park, southwestern Ivory Coast. Gansa, Agadjihouèdé, and Hounkanrin, 2023, Afr. Zool., 58: 39–56, reported the species from the lower Ouémé Valley, southern Benin, and briefly descried habitat preference. Olofindji, Ales, and Sogbohossou, 2024, Herpetol. Notes, 17: 483–489, reported the species (Hyperolius fusciventris burtoni) from the Sitatunga Valley of southern Benin. Segniagbeto, Ohler, Rödel, Luiselli, and Dubois, 2024, Zoosystema, 46: 645, provided an account for Togo, discussing habitat, distribution, conservation status, and identification, noting that the subspecies sometimes can be found in sympatry. Leaché, Oaks, Ofori-Boateng, and Fujita, 2024, Evolution, 74: 716–724, discussed comparative phylogeography across the Dahomey Gap in Ghana.

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