Hyperolius asper Ahl, 1931a: 49.

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 asper Ahl, 1931a: 49.

Holotype.

ZMB 36106, “Nairobi” [Kenya], coll. Felice Thomas.

Present name.

Hyperolius marmoratus Rapp, 1842.

Remarks.

Between 1896 and 1903 the engineer and transport officer of the "Mombasa-Uganda Railway" in British East Africa, Felice (sometimes Felix) Thomas sent several shipments, containing amphibians and reptiles, from the Kenyan coast province (Mombasa and Takanugu) and from Nairobi to ZMB.