Hyperolius nyassae Ahl, 1931a: 66.

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 nyassae Ahl, 1931a: 66.

Holotype.

ZMB 39006, “Langenburg” [Lumbira, Mbeya Region, Tanzania], coll. Friedrich Georg Hans Heinrich Fülleborn.

Paratypes.

ZMB 77766-77767 (formerly part of ZMB 39006), “Langenburg”; ZMB 85885-85889, “Rugwe”; ZMB 90953-90989, "Rugwe am Nyassa (D.O.A.)"; ZMB 90980-90992, "Rugwe, D.O.A."; ZMB 90993-90995, "Konde-Nika (D.O.A.)"; ZMB 90996-90999, “Neu-Helgoland”, all coll. Fülleborn.

Present name.

Hyperolius marmoratus Rapp, 1842.

Remarks.

Drawing in Ahl (1931b: 340, fig. 213). Ahl (1931a: 67) mentioned 133 specimens from Langenburg (including the type), Rugwe, Mirambo [sic; Miramba], Konde-Nika, Ipiana, Transvaal, Neu Helgoland and Lindi, collected by Fülleborn and Wilms. A paratype (MCZ A-17642) from “Rugwe” coll. Fülleborn, was sent to MCZ in 1932 ( Barbour and Loveridge 1946: 128). Seventy-seven other paratypes, including specimens from Miramba, Ipiana, Transvaal and Lindi, as well as material collected by Wilms could not be located.