Hyperolius insignis Bocage, 1868: 844, fig. 2.

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 insignis Bocage, 1868: 844, fig. 2.

Syntype.

ZMB 6462, “Benguella” [Benguela, Angola], coll. José Alberto de Oliveira Anchieta, don. José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage.

Present name.

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

Remarks.

Drawing in Ahl (1931b: 284, fig. 157), copied from Bocage (1868: 844, fig. 2). The Berlin syntype was sent in 1869 in exchange from Lisbon by Bocage and was mentioned and depicted by Tornier (1896: 143, pl. 4, fig. 48). The syntypes MBL T. 21-164, 27-167 from “Benguella”, coll. Anchieta and "St. Salvador du Congo" coll. António José de Sousa Barroso were destroyed by a fire in the Museu Bocage on 18 March 1978 ( Marques et al. 2018: 90). Perret (1976a: 28) corrected the type locality to “São Salvador do Congo, Angola, and Novo Redondo, Angola". The Berlin syntype is not mentioned by Marques et al. (2018), but probably is the only remaining syntype.