Megalixalus laevis Ahl, 1930b: 93.

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	Megalixalus laevis Ahl, 1930b: 93.
status

Treatment

Holotype.

ZMB unknown, “Kamerun” [Cameroon], coll. Leopold Fritz Wilhelm Edmund Conradt, 8.V.1896.

Present name.

Afrixalus laevis (Ahl, 1930b).

Remarks.

The German colonial officer and planter Conradt was stationed at “Lolodorf” [ Océan Division, South Province, Cameroon] and worked as station manager at "Johann Albrechtshöhe” [southeast of Lake Barombi Mbo, near Kumba, Southwest Region, Cameroon] from 1895 to 1899 ( Schnee 1920a). In February 1897, a shipment containing amphibians and reptiles collected by him at “Albrechtshöhe, Kamerun" arrived at ZMB. See also remarks on Hyperolius laticeps for Conradt’s activities in Togo.