Hyperolius marungaensis Ahl, 1931a: 77.

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

Hyperolius marungaensis Ahl, 1931a: 77.

Holotype.

ZMB 10736, "Marunga, Angola" [in error, see remarks], coll. Richard Böhm.

Present name.

Hyperolius marmoratus Rapp, 1842.

Remarks.

Depicted in Ahl (19831b: 351, fig. 226). Ahl (1931a, b) placed the locality “Marunga” erroneously within Angola because a village of this name exists in the province of Cuando Cubango (see also Marques et al. 2018: 93).

The zoologist and anatomist Böhm, together with the explorer Paul Reichard, travelled on behalf of the "Africanische Gesellschaft" from Zanzibar via Bagamojo [27 July 1880] to Tabora, which they reached two-and-a half months later. From here they turned to Kakoma [southeast of Tabora, Tabora Division, Tanzania], where they stayed for over a year. Then they continued to Jagonda [just northeast of Kakoma]. From Jagonda, Böhm and the topographer Emil Kaiser went on a journey to Lake Tanganyika, lasting several months. They reached Karema on the western shore of the lake [Mpanda District, Katavi Region, Tanzania] and returned to Jagonda on December 23, 1881. In March 1882 they travelled along the Wala River. Dr. Kaiser died during an expedition to Lake Rukwa near Upia on 27 October 1882. Towards the end of December 1882, Böhm and Reichard left Jadonda for Karema, crossed Lake Tanganyika to Mpala (at the mouth of the Lufuku River, Tanganyika Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo) and reached the "Marunga Land" in July 1883. From here they turned southwest and discovered Lake Upemba in the Urua region [Upemba, Bukama Region, Haut-Lomami Provinz, Democratic Republic of the Congo]. On 27 March 1884 Böhm died in southern Urua, south of the Lake Upemba ( Schalow 1888, Weidmann 1894). Based on Böhm’s itinerary, it is clear that he found the holotype of H. marungaensis in the Marunga Highlands, where he collected extensively in summer 1883 ( Schalow 1886, 1888). Therefore, we correct the type locality to "northern Marunga or Marungu Region southwest of Lake Tanganyika, Kalemie Territory, Tanganyika Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo".