Hyperolius vermiculatus Peters, 1882a: 8.

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

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scientific name

Hyperolius vermiculatus Peters, 1882a: 8.
status

 

Hyperolius vermiculatus Peters, 1882a: 8.

Lectotype.

ZMB 10050, "Malange (Angola)" [Malanje, Malanje Province, Angola], coll. Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von Mechow.

Paralectotype.

ZMB 9408, “Malange”, coll. Benedictus Ludwig Heinrich Otto Schütt.

Present name.

Hyperolius angolensis Steindachner, 1867 (fide Marques et al. 2018).

Remarks.

Tornier (1896, pl. 4, fig. 29) depicted the paralectotype; figure copied by Ahl (1931b: 338, fig. 211). Lectotype by subsequent designation through Laurent (1961: 88).

The Prussian explorer and topographer Major Mechow participated in the first “Loango-Expedition” from 1873-1875 under Paul Güssfeldt ( Güssfeld et al. 1879). On a second “Kuango-Expedition” (1878-81), led by himself, he and two companions, the botanist Julius Eduard Teusz and the shipwright of the Imperial Navy Jess Bugslag (or Buslag), travelled from Luanda via Malanje (June 1888) to the confluence of the Luhemba and the Cuango River (November 1880). He returned via Malanje (February 1881) to Luanda and arrived in Berlin in August 1881 ( Mechow 1882; Weidmann 1894; Heintze 2007, 2018; Teusz 2018).

From 1878 to 1879, the expedition of engineer Schütt was carried out together with the architect Paul Gierow on behalf of the "Afrikanische Gesellschaft in Deutschland". The expedition aimed at compiling topographic reconnaissance and producing maps. They started on 4 January 1878 in Luanda and reached the lower Luachimo River (3 to 9 February 1879) via Malanje (22 February to 4 July 1878), and Quimbundo (12 November to 1 December 1878). They almost reached Mai Munene. From Quimbundo they turned back through the Lunda area and reached Luanda again via Malanje (12 to 24 May 1879) on 21 June 1879 ( Heintze 2007).

Hyperolius viridiflavus

see Hyperolius flavoguttatus , Hyperolius irregularis , Hyperolius kandti , Hyperolius karissimbiensis , Hyperolius koehli , Hyperolius kwidjwiensis , Hyperolius macrodactylus , Hyperolius mohasicus , Hyperolius monticola , Hyperolius multicolor , Hyperolius oculatus , Hyperolius phrynoderma , Hyperolius punctatissimus , Hyperolius schubotzi (unlocated type specimens), Hyperolius stuhlmanni , Hyperolius variabilis , Hyperolius wettsteini.

Ahl, E, 1931b. Amphibia, Anura III, Polypedatidae. In: Hesse R (Ed.) Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen. 55. Lieferung. Walter de Gruyter & Co. Berlin und Leipzig, 477 pp. [+ (1-2)]. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111625430-fm

Heintze, B, 2007. Deutsche Forschungsreisende in Angola. Ethnographische Aneignungen zwischen Sklavenhandel, Kolonialismus und Wissenschaft. Kurzbiographien mit Selbstzeugnissen und Textbeispielen. Otto Lembeck, Frankfurt am Main

Heintze, B, 2018. Das Tagebuch Alexander v. Mechows ueber seine Expedition an den Kwango (Angola) (1880-1881). Beilage I zu Beatrix Heintze: Ein preussischer Major im Herzen Afrikas. Alexander v. Mechows Expeditionstagebuch (1880-1881) und sein Projekt einer ersten deutschen Kolonie. Dietrich Reimer, Berlin (Studien zur Kulturkunde 133)

Laurent, RF, 1961. Note sur les Hyperolius et quelques Afrixalus (Salientia) du Musee de Berlin. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 64 (1-2): 65 - 96

Marques, MP, Ceriaco, LMP, Blackburn, DC, Bauer, AM, 2018. Diversity and distribution of the amphibians and terrestrial reptiles of Angola. Atlas of historical and bibliographic records (1840-2017). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Ser. 4, 65, Suppl. II: 1-501.

Mechow, A von, 1882. Bericht ueber die von ihm gefuehrte Expedition zur Aufklaerung des Kuango-Stromes (1878/81). Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft fuer Erdkunde zu Berlin 9: 475 - 489

Teusz, S, 2018. Julius Eduard Teusz (1845-1912) - Biolog, Odkrywca, Podroznik. Afryka 48: 143 - 155

Tornier, G, 1896. Reptilien und Amphibien. (Kriechthiere.). In: Moebius K (Ed.) Deutsch-Ost-Afrika. Wissenschaftliche Forschungsresultate ueber Land und Leute unseres ostafrikanischen Schutzgebietes und der angrenzenden Laender (Vol. III). Die Thierwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete. Wirbelthiere (Part 3). Dietrich Reimer, Berlin, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36023744

Weidmann, C, 1894. Deutsche Maenner in Afrika - Lexicon der hervorragendsten deutschen Afrika-Forscher, Missionare etc. Bernhard Noehring, Luebeck, (9)

Kingdom

Animalia

Class

Reptilia

Order

Anura

Family

Hyperoliidae

Genus

Hyperolius