Hyperolius platyceps (Boulenger, 1900)

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 : 14

Hyperolius platyceps (Boulenger, 1900)

Material (six specimens): One adult specimen (MHNCUP/ ANF 205, formerly UP-MHNFCP-017303; Fig. S18 ), collected from Quilombo [-9.33333º, 14.90000º, 744 m a.s.l.] Kwanza Norte Province, date unknown; one adult specimen (MHNCUP/ ANF 206 , formerly UP-MHNFCP-017294), collected from Quilombo [-9.33333º, 14.90000º, 744 m a.s.l.] Kwanza Norte Province, in 1904 ; one adult male specimen (MHNCUP/ ANF 207 , formerly UP- MHNFCP-017291) collected from N’Golla Bumba [-9.03333º, 14.60000º, 460 m a.s.l.] Kwanza Norte Province, date unknown ; one juvenile specimen (MHNCUP/ ANF 208 , formerly UP-MHNFCP-017296) collected from Quilombo [-9.33333º, 14.90000º, 744 m a.s.l.] Kwanza Norte Province, date unknown ; one adult male specimen (MHNCUP/ ANF 209 , formerly UP-MHNFCP-017302) collected from Rio Luinha [-9.26667º, 14.53333º, 237 m a.s.l.] Kwanza Norte Province, date unknown ; one adult female specimen (MHNCUP/ ANF 215 , formerly UP- MHNFCP-017301), collected from N’Golla Bumba [-9.03333º, 14.60000º, 460 m a.s.l.] Kwanza Norte Province, date unknown .

Comments: Hyperolius platyceps is a species found in northern Angola and ranging from southern Cameroon to southwestern Republic of the Congo, western Democratic Republic of the Congo, and southwestern Central African Republic ( Marques et al. 2018; Frost 2020). Specimens of this species were used by Ferreira (1906) to describe three new taxa - Rappia platyceps var angolensis (“N’Golla Bumba” and “Quilombo”); Rappia fasciata (“Quilombo”) and Rappia bivittata (“Rio Luinha”, “Quilombo” e “N’Golla Bumba”). All of these are currently considered junior synonyms of H. platyceps ( Ceríaco et al. 2014b; Marques et al. 2018; Frost 2020). Specimen MHNCUP/ANF 205 is a syntype for Rappia platyceps var angolensis ; MHNCUP/ANF 206 is the holotype for Rappia fasciata and MHNCUP/ANF 207–209 are the syntypes for Rappia bivittata . Ceríaco et al. (2014b) stated that MHNCUP/ ANF 209 was the lectotype, while MHNCUP/ANF 207–208 should be considered paralectotypes. Specimen MHNCUP/ANF 215 has an internal label stating “ Paratype de Rappia osorioi Ferreira / est en fait un Hyperolius platyceps fasciatus (Ferreira)”. This type-written note was most likely written by either Laurent (1982) or Perret (1976b), as both authors examined the jar ( Ceríaco et al. 2014b).

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FIGURE S18. Specimen of Hyperolius platyceps (MHNCUP/ANF 205), from Quilombo. Photo by Bruna Santos.