Hyperolius nitidulus Peters, 1875: 209, pl. 3, fig. 4.

Tillack, Frank, Ruiter, Ronald de & Roedel, Mark-Oliver, 2021, A type catalogue of the reed frogs (Amphibia, Anura, Hyperoliidae) in the collection of the Museum fuer Naturkunde Berlin (ZMB) with comments on historical collectors and expeditions, Zoosystematics and Evolution 97 (2), pp. 407-450 : 407

Hyperolius nitidulus Peters, 1875: 209, pl. 3, fig. 4.

Holotype.

ZMB 7729, "Yoruba (Lagos)" [Nigeria], don. Christian Ferdinand Friedrich von Krauss.

Present name.

Hyperolius nitidulus Peters, 1875.

Remarks.

Depicted in Tornier (1896, pl. 4, fig. 118). The traveler, botanist and malacologist Krauss became director of the Königliche Naturalienkabinett in Stuttgart in 1890. He studied and collected southern African flora, fauna and geological samples between 1838 and 1840.