Hyperolius simus Ahl, 1931a: 46.
Lectotype.
ZMB 36111, "Usumbura, Tanganyika-See" [Bujumbura, Bujumbura Mairie Province, Burundi], coll. Rudolf Grauer.
Paralectotypes.
ZMB 65179-65180 (formerly part of ZMB 36111), same collection data as for the holotype.
Present name.
Hyperolius kivuensis Ahl, 1931a.
Remarks.
Drawing in Ahl (1931b: 306, fig. 181). Lectotype designation by Laurent (1961: 82, ZMB 36111a = ZMB 36111).