Hyperolius flavoviridis Peters, 1854: 628.

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 flavoviridis Peters, 1854: 628.

Holotype.

ZMB 6631, “Boror” [Companhia do Boror, Zambezia Province, Mozambique], coll. Wilhelm Carl Hartwig Peters.

Present name.

Hyperolius argus Peters, 1854.

Remarks.

Depicted in Peters (1882b, pl. 22, fig. 4). Bauer et al. (1995: 44) regarded two specimens, i.e. ZMB 6631 and ZMB 6632 as syntypes of H. flavoviridis . However, Peters (1854: 628) mentioned only material from “Boror” in his original description and he specified later (1882b: 164) that he got only one male from that locality, which corresponds to ZMB 6631. Although ZMB 6632 from "Halbinsel Cabaceira" [Peninsula Cabaceira, Mossuril District, Nampula Province, Mozambique], collected in June 1843, is marked by Peters’ hand as type of H. flavoviridis in the ZMB inventory catalogues, the stated locality does not correspond with the type locality. Another two specimens from “Tette” donated from ZMB to the collection in Leiden ( RMNH RENA-1780 and 1785) have been regarded as possible syntypes of H. flavoviridis ( Bauer et al. 1995: 44, Gassó Miracle et al. 2007: 36). Both specimens can be excluded as types of H. flavoviridis because of the locality information, being different from the type locality. Likewise they cannot be the types of H. tettensis because of the single female type specimen mentioned by Peters (1882b: 164) is ZMB 4812 (see below).