Hyperolius adspersus Peters, 1877

Santos, Bruna S., Marques, Mariana P., Bauer, Aaron M. & Ceríaco, Luis M. P., 2021, Herpetological results of Francisco Newton’s Zoological Expedition to Angola (1903 – 1906): a taxonomic revision and new records of a forgotten collection, Zootaxa 5028 (1), pp. 1-80 : 12

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5028.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5495303

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scientific name

Hyperolius adspersus Peters, 1877
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Hyperolius adspersus Peters, 1877 View in CoL

Material (two specimens): Two adult female specimens (MHNCUP/ ANF 210–211 , formerly UP-MHNFCP-017298 and UP-MHNFCP-017292; Fig. S7 View FIGURE 7 ), collected from Cabiri [-8.92125º, 13.66654º, 31 m a.s.l.], Bengo Province, in 1903 .

Comments: Hyperolius adspersus was originally described from “Chinchoxo”, Cabinda Province ( Peters 1877), and has been recorded from a few other localities in Bengo, Lunda-Sul and Moxico provinces ( Marques et al. 2018), but its distribution extends northwest to southern Cameroon ( Channing & Rödel 2019). The species has remained understudied and is a part of the Hyperolius nasutus Günther, 1865 group (Channing et al. 2013). The extant specimens were used by Ferreira (1904) as the type specimens for what he considered a new taxon, Rappia nobrei , named in homage to Augusto Nobre. However, after revision of the type series, Ceríaco et al. (2014b) suggested that Rappia [= Hyperolius ] nobrei is a junior synonym H. adspersus .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Hyperoliidae

Genus

Hyperolius

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