Hyperolius hieroglyphicus Ahl, 1931a: 126.

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 hieroglyphicus Ahl, 1931a: 126.

Lectotype.

ZMB 20793, "Bamenda, Kamerun" [Mezam Department, Northwest Region, Cameroon], coll. First Lieutenant Karl Moritz Ernst Gustav Wilhelm Adametz.

Paralectotypes.

ZMB 20795, 77728 (formerly part of ZMB 20793), 77798-77801 (formerly part of ZMB 20795), coll. Adametz, 1909; ZMB 27270, 77756-77757 (formerly part of ZMB 22270), coll. Hans Glauning, X-XI/1907; ZMB 22321, coll. Lieutenant Naumann, 1911; all specimens from “Bamenda”.

Present name.

Hyperolius riggenbachi (Nieden, 1910).

Remarks.

Drawing in Ahl (1931b: 409, fig. 282) modified from Nieden (1910: 243, fig. 3). Lecotype designation by Laurent (1961: 76). Photograph of the lectotype in Perret (1962: 243, fig. 1). Another paratype MCZ A-17638 from “Bamenda”, coll. Adametz, was sent to MCZ in exchange from ZMB in 1932 ( Barbour and Loveridge 1946: 128).