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Hyperolius papyri (Werner, 1908 "1907")
Rappia papyri Werner, 1908 "1907", Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Phys. Math. Naturwiss. Kl., 116: 1903. Holotype: NHMW 14847, according to Häupl and Tiedemann, 1978, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 2: 28, and Häupl, Tiedemann, and Grillitsch, 1994, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 9: 33. Type locality: "Khor Attar und Mongalla . . . Gondokoro"; locality associated with holotype is Gondoroko, South Sudan.
Rappia pachyderma Werner, 1908 "1907", Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Phys. Math. Naturwiss. Kl., 116: 1903. Holotype: NHMW 14847, according to Häupl and Tiedemann, 1978, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 2: 28, and Häupl, Tiedemann, and Grillitsch, 1994, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 9: 34. Type locality: "Steppe von Gondoroko", Uganda. Considered a subspecies of Hyperolius viridiflavus by Laurent, 1951, Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg., 82: 40; Laurent, 1961, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 64: 92, who did not examine the types and confused this species with the Hyperolius viridiflavus complex. Synonymy by Dehling, 2015, Herpetozoa, Wien, 28: 39.
Hyperolius pachydermus — Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 252, 327.
Hyperolius pachyderma — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 386. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Hyperolius viridiflavus pachyderma — Laurent, 1951, Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg., 82: 40.
Hyperolius viridiflavus pachydermus — Laurent, 1952 "1951", Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg., 82: 392. Incorrect subsequent spelling based on specimens of the Hyperolius viridiflavus complex.
Hyperolius papyri — Dehling, 2015, Herpetozoa, Wien, 28: 39.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Upper reaches of the White Nile in South Sudan, possibly extending into Ethiopia.
Comment
Hyperolius papyri had been placed in the synonymy of Hyperolius nasutus by Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 259, and Schiøtz, 1967, Spolia Zool. Mus. Haun., 25: 139. See discussion by Channing, Moyer, and Burger, 2002, Afr. Zool., 37: 97. In the Hyperolius nasutus group of Amiet, 2005, Rev. Suisse Zool., 112: 271-310, and recognized as a distinct species by Dehling, 2015, Herpetozoa, Wien, 28: 39–47, who examined the relevant types and discussed the history of the use, and abuse, of the name and various synonymies.
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