Hyperolius castaneus Ahl, 1931a: 31.

Holotype.

ZMB 60230, "Vulkangebiet nord-östlich des Kivu-See’s” [volcano region northeast of Lake Kivu, Virunga Mountains, along the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo], coll. Werner Alborus von Raven, X/1907.

Present name.

Hyperolius castaneus Ahl, 1931.

Remarks.

Drawing in Ahl (1931b: 286, fig. 159). The German medical doctor von Raven, who specialized in bacteriology and tropical medicine, accompanied the first "Deutsche Zentral-Afrika-Expedition" under the leadership of Adolf Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg from 1907 to 1908 (Schubotz 1909). For expedition information see account on Hyperolius adolphi-friederici .

Hyperolius castaneus

see Hyperolius adolphi-friederici, Hyperolius latifrons, Hyperolius rugegensis, Hyperolius ventrimaculatus.