Hyperolius fuelleborni Ahl, 1931a: 75.

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 fuelleborni Ahl, 1931a: 75.

Syntypes.

ZMB 71184-71186 and 85925-85927, "Neu Helgoland" [Pugulo (or Papaya Island), a small rock island in Lake Malawi, Mbinga District, Ruvuma Region, Tanzania]; ZMB 77465-77468, 85919-85921, 85928, 85964-85971, 86138, 90972, “Langenburg” [Lumbira, Mbeya Region, Tanzania]; ZMB 85922-85924, "Langenburg - Nordende des Nyassa" [Lumbira at the northern shore of Lake Malawi]; ZMB 85972-85973, 90928, "Miramba bei Langenburg" [Miramba near Lumbira]; ZMB 85929-85963, 85974-85988, 86017, 86132-86137, 90929-90948, “Rugwe“ [Rungwe village, Mbeya Region, Tanzania]; ZMB 86128-86131, “S’ongwe” [Songwe, at the border to Malawi on the northwestern tip of Lake Malawi, Kyela District, South Mbeya Region, Tanzania]; ZMB 86126-86127 “D.O.A.” [German East Africa], all coll. Friedrich Georg Hans Heinrich Fülleborn, 1897-1899 ( Fülleborn 1900a, b) (Fig. 7 ).

Present name.

Hyperolius marmoratus Rapp, 1842.

Remarks.

Two drawings showing the variation of this taxon are presented by Ahl (1931b: 349, fig. 224). According to Ahl (1931a: 76) 199 specimens were originally present. Two paratypes, MCZ A-17636-17637 from "Miramba bei Langenburg", coll. Fülleborn, were sent to MCZ in 1932 ( Barbour and Loveridge 1946: 128).

Figures

Figure 7. Syntype of Hyperolius fuelleborni Ahl, 1931 a, ZMB 71186 from " Neu Helgoland " coll. Fuelleborn.