Hyperolius asper Ahl, 1931a: 49.

Holotype.

ZMB 36106, “Nairobi” [Kenya], coll. Felice Thomas.

Present name.

Hyperolius marmoratus Rapp, 1842.

Remarks.

Between 1896 and 1903 the engineer and transport officer of the "Mombasa-Uganda Railway" in British East Africa, Felice (sometimes Felix) Thomas sent several shipments, containing amphibians and reptiles, from the Kenyan coast province (Mombasa and Takanugu) and from Nairobi to ZMB.