Hyperolius chabanaudi Ahl, 1931a: 124.

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 chabanaudi Ahl, 1931a: 124.

Holotype.

ZMB 18228, “Beniló, Französischer Kongo" [Benito River, Equatorial Guinea], don. William Frederic Henry Rosenberg.

Present name.

Hyperolius phantasticus (Boulenger, 1899).

Remarks.

The English ornithologist and entomologist Rosenberg collected mainly for the British Museum of Natural History ( Günther 1906). In the accession catalogues of the herpetological department at ZMB, it is documented that Rosenberg on multiple occasions sent amphibians and reptiles to ZMB between 1900 and 1925. These vouchers were collected in Columbia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Cameroon, and Equatorial Guinea.