Hyperolius angolensis Steindachner, 1867

Baptista, Ninda L., António, Telmo & Branch, William R., 2019, The herpetofauna of Bicuar National Park and surroundings, southwestern Angola: a preliminary checklist, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 203) 13 (2), pp. 96-130 : 103

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scientific name	Hyperolius angolensis Steindachner, 1867
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Hyperolius angolensis Steindachner, 1867 View in CoL complex Angola Reed Frog

Material: NB523 (41); NB524 (41); NB538 (27); NB539 (27); NB540 (27); NB541 (27).

Comment: This species was heard calling in BNP (site 31) on 24 January 2009, but no material was collected (A. Channing, pers. comm.). It was recently recorded in BNP by Butler et al. (2019), who provided photos of coloration variations. This is another unresolved complex of reed frogs in Africa (see Schiøtz 1999), with a number of names available for Angolan populations ( Baptista et al. 2019, as H. parallelus ). In Angola, this complex is recorded throughout the country ( Monard 1937a; Laurent 1950, 1954, 1964; Poynton and Haacke 1993; Conradie et al. 2016; Baptista et al. 2018; Ceríaco et al. 2018c; Marques et al. 2018), with consistent regional color patterns. Poynton and Haacke (1993) referred to previous records in Huíla Province as Hyperolius marmoratus huillensis .

References

Baptista N, Antonio T, Branch WR. 2018. Amphibians and reptiles of the Tundavala region of the Angolan escarpment. Biodiversity & Ecology 6: 397 - 403.

Baptista N, Conradie W, Vaz Pinto P, Branch WR. 2019. The amphibians of Angola: early studies and the current state of knowledge. Pp. 243 - 281 In: Biodiversity of Angola. Science & Conservation: A Modern Synthesis. Editors, Huntley BJ, Russo V, Lages F, Ferrand N. Springer, Cham, Switzerland. 549 p.

Butler BO, Ceriaco LPM, Marques MP, Bandeira S, Julio T, Heinicke MP, Bauer AM. 2019. Herpetological survey of Huila Province, southwest Angola, including first records from Bicuar National Park. Herpetological Review 50 (2): 225 - 240.

Ceriaco LMP, Marques MP, Bandeira S, Backburn DC, Bauer AM. 2018 c. Herpetological survey of Cangandala National Park, with a synoptic list of the amphibians and reptiles of Malanje Province, Central Angola. Herpetological Review 49 (3): 408 - 431.

Conradie W, Bills R, Branch WR. 2016. The herpetofauna of the Cubango, Cuito, and lower Cuando river catchments of south-eastern Angola. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 10 (2) [Special Section]: 6 - 36 (e 126).

Laurent RF. 1950. Reptiles et batraciens de la region de Dundo (Angola du Nord-Est). Publicacoes Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 10: 7 - 17.

Laurent RF. 1954. Reptiles et batraciens de la region de Dundo (Angola) (Deuxieme note). Publicacoes Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 23: 35 - 84.

Laurent RF. 1964. Reptiles et amphibiens de l'Angola (Troiseme contribution). Publicacoes Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 67: 1 - 165.

Marques MP, Ceriaco LMP, Blackburn DC, Bauer AM. 2018. Diversity and distribution of the amphibians and terrestrial reptiles of Angola: atlas of historical and bibliographic records (1840 - 2017). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 65 (Supplement II): 1 - 501.

Monard A. 1937 a. Contribuition a la batrachologie d'Angola. Bulletin de la Societe Neuchateloise des Sciences Naturelles 62: 1 - 59.

Poynton JC, Haacke WD. 1993. On a collection of amphibians from Angola, including a new species of Bufo Laurenti. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 36: 9 - 16.

Schiotz A. 1999. Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, Germany. 350 p.