Hyperolius glandicolor Peters, 1878: 209, pl. 2, fig. 9.

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 glandicolor Peters, 1878: 209, pl. 2, fig. 9.

Syntypes.

ZMB 9299 and ZMB 77768 (formerly part of ZMB 9299), “Taita” [Taita Hills, Taita-Taveta County, Kenya], coll. Johann Maria Hildebrandt.

Present name.

Hyperolius glandicolor Peters, 1878.

Remarks.

Depicted in Ahl (1831b: 345, fig. 219), reprinted from Peters (1878).

In March 1872, Hildebrandt travelled from Berlin via Egypt to the southwest coast of the Arabian Peninsula and to Aden, where he stayed until the end of 1872. In spring 1873, he went from Zanzibar to Karachi and travelled the Indus upwards. After returning to Zanzibar in July 1873, he travelled the Wami and Kingani (Rufu) Rivers in present-day Tanzania together with the animal trader and director of the Hamburg Zoo, Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Heinrich Hagenbeck, and then visited the southern Somali coast alone. He returned to Europe in August 1874.

In February 1875, Hildebrandt arrived again in Aden and visited the "Serrut Mountains" [Somaliland]. Then he went to Zanzibar and the Comoros (Johanna Island [Anjouan], June to September 1875). Back in Zanzibar he prepared his expedition into the Inner Africa, via Pangani [Tanzania], Lamu, through the South Gala countries up the Tana River. He had to return to Mombasa due to illness in December 1875. In November 1876 he started again from Zanzibar via Mombasa (10 January 1877) in the direction of Mount Kenya. He travelled the Taita, Ukamba and Kitui areas, but had to return to Mombasa without reaching his actual destination Mount Kenya, from which he was only a three days’ march away. He arrived again in Mombasa in August 1877 ( Kurtz 1877). The type material of H. glandicolor was collected from June to July 1877 during Hildebrandt’s stay in the Taita region ( Hildebrandt 1877).

Hyperolius glandicolor

see Hyperolius albolabris , Hyperolius coeruleopunctatus , Hyperolius goetzei , Hyperolius pulchromarmoratus , Hyperolius scheffleri , Hyperolius striolatus , Hyperolius bergeri (unlocated type specimen).