Hyperolius angolensis Steindachner, 1867

Baptista, Ninda L., António, Telmo & Branch, William R., 2019, The herpetofauna of Bicuar National Park and surroundings, southwestern Angola: a preliminary checklist, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 203) 13 (2), pp. 96-130 : 103

Hyperolius angolensis Steindachner, 1867 complex Angola Reed Frog

Material: NB523 (41); NB524 (41); NB538 (27); NB539 (27); NB540 (27); NB541 (27).

Comment: This species was heard calling in BNP (site 31) on 24 January 2009, but no material was collected (A. Channing, pers. comm.). It was recently recorded in BNP by Butler et al. (2019), who provided photos of coloration variations. This is another unresolved complex of reed frogs in Africa (see Schiøtz 1999), with a number of names available for Angolan populations ( Baptista et al. 2019, as H. parallelus ). In Angola, this complex is recorded throughout the country ( Monard 1937a; Laurent 1950, 1954, 1964; Poynton and Haacke 1993; Conradie et al. 2016; Baptista et al. 2018; Ceríaco et al. 2018c; Marques et al. 2018), with consistent regional color patterns. Poynton and Haacke (1993) referred to previous records in Huíla Province as Hyperolius marmoratus huillensis .