Hyperolius guttatus Peters, 1875

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

Hyperolius guttatus Peters, 1875, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1875: 207. Syntypes: ZMB 8378, 4489; ZMB 8378 considered lectotype by Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 73, and Perret, 1975, Rev. Suisse Zool., 82: 190. Lectotype redescribed by Frétey, Dubois, and Ohler, 2014, Alytes, 30: 20–21. Type localities: "Cameruns" and "Boutry", Cameroon; restricted by lectotype designation to "Cameruns". Corrected to the vicinity of Douala, Cameroon by Frétey, Dubois, and Ohler, 2014, Alytes, 30: 17, who discussed the types and type locality and redescribed the lectotype. Placement as a subspecies of Hyperolius ocellatus by Laurent, 1956, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 53: 235. Synonymy with Hyperolius steindachneri by Perret, 1975, Rev. Suisse Zool., 82: 190. Considered possibly conspecific with Hyperolius ocellatus by Lötters, Gossmann, Obame, and Böhme, 2001, Herpetofauna, Weinstadt, 23: 29.

Rappia sordida Fischer, 1888, Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst., 5: 10. Syntypes: in "Lübecker Museum", by original designation; including BMNH 1889.12.16.160–161 (now 1947.2.9.25–26 by museum records), according to Parker, 1936, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1936: 151 (who provided a redescription). Type locality: "Kamerun". Synonymy by Loveridge, 1938, Proc. New England Zool. Club, 17: 49–74; Perret, 1966, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 93: 411. Nečas, Kielgast, Chinemerem, Rödel, Dolinay, and Gvoždík, 2024, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 202(4): 13 (Zoobank Publication registration: 004579A5-F55C-4429-97C6-A52A23F4501D, 15 May 2024) placed it as a synonym of Hyperolius guttatus, but suggested that further study might render this a synonym of Hyperolius ibadanensis. 

Rappia guttata — Tornier, 1896, in Möbius (ed.), Deutsch Ost-Afr., 3: 142.

Hyperolius sordidus — Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 252, 329; Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 335.

Hyperolius pulcher  Ahl, 1931, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 17: 48. Holotype: ZMB unnumbered, according to the original publication; ZMB 36088, according to Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 78. Holotype redescribed by Frétey, Dubois, and Ohler, 2014, Alytes, 30: 25–26. Type locality: "Japoma [near Douala], Kamerun". Synonymy with Hyperolius concolor by Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 78. The description in Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 308, appeared subsequently according to unpublished notes by Tillack, de Ruiter, and Rödel, 2021, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 97: 432. Synonymy by implication of Frétey, Dubois, and Ohler, 2014, Alytes, 30: 25–26, and supported by Nečas, Kielgast, Chinemerem, Rödel, Dolinay, and Gvoždík, 2024, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 202(4): Suppl. Material. 

Hyperolius maximus  Ahl, 1931, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 17: 91. Holotype: ZMB unnumbered, according to the original publication; this being ZMB 36113, according to Tillack, de Ruiter, and Rödel, 2021, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 97: 428; MCZ 17639 considered 'cotype', on exchange from ZMB by Barbour and Loveridge, 1946, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 96: 127; presumably this is a paratype (DRF). Type locality: "Ossindinge", Cameroon. Synonymy by Loveridge, 1938, Proc. New England Zool. Club, 17: 49–74; Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 78. The description in,Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 366, appeared subsequently according to  Tillack, de Ruiter, and Rödel, 2021, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 97: 428.

Hyperolius hildebrandti Ahl, 1931, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 17: 101. Holotype: ZMB unnumbered, according to the original publication; ZMB 8378, according to Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 73, and  Tillack, de Ruiter, and Rödel, 2021, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 97: 425. Type locality: "Kamerun"; Doula Region, Cameroon, according to Tillack, de Ruiter, and Rödel, 2021, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 97: 425. Synonymy with Hyperolius guttatus by Frétey, Dubois, and Ohler, 2014, Alytes, 30: 20. 

Hyperolius ocellatus hildebrandti — Laurent, 1950, Explor. Parc Natl. Albert, Miss. G.F. de Witte (1933–1935), 64: 107; Laurent, 1951, Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg., 82: 48; Perret and Mertens, 1957, Bull. Inst. Franç. Afr. Noire, Ser. A, 19: 571. Distinctiveness from Hyperolius ocellatus purpurescens rejected by  Perret, 1975, Ann. Fac. Sci. Cameroun, 20: 23–31.

Hyperolius ocellatus guttatus — Laurent, 1956, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 53: 235; Laurent, 1958, Mem. Inst. Franç. Afr. Noire, 53: 288;Perret, 1966, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 93: 401; Schiøtz, 1966, Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. Foren., 129: 48. See Perret, 1975, Ann. Fac. Sci. Cameroun, 20: 23–31, and Lötters, Gossmann, Obame, and Böhme, 2001, Herpetofauna, Weinstadt, 23: 29–30.

Hyperolius concolor guttatus — Frétey, Dubois, and Ohler, 2014, Alytes, 30: 20. 

Hyperolius guttatus — Nečas, Kielgast, Chinemerem, Rödel, Dolinay, and Gvoždík, 2024, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 202(4): 13 (Zoobank Publication registration: 004579A5-F55C-4429-97C6-A52A23F4501D, 15 May 2024)

Common Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Southwestern Cameroon, possibly coastal south-eastern Nigeria east of the Cross River. Record from southwestern Nigeria requires confirmation

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Cameroon

Likely/Controversially Present: Nigeria

Endemic: Cameroon

Comment

 Onadeko, 2016, Ethiopian J. Environm. Stud. Manag., 9: 22–34, reported on habitat preference in southwestern Nigeria. Resurrected on the basis of molecular markers from the synonymy of Hyperolius concolor by Nečas, Kielgast, Chinemerem, Rödel, Dolinay, and Gvoždík, 2024, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 202(4): 1–19, who discussed systematics, morphology, molecular markers, and distribution, including a dot map. 

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