Hyperolius vermiculatus Peters, 1882a: 8.

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 vermiculatus Peters, 1882a: 8.

Lectotype.

ZMB 10050, "Malange (Angola)" [Malanje, Malanje Province, Angola], coll. Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von Mechow.

Paralectotype.

ZMB 9408, “Malange”, coll. Benedictus Ludwig Heinrich Otto Schütt.

Present name.

Hyperolius angolensis Steindachner, 1867 (fide Marques et al. 2018).

Remarks.

Tornier (1896, pl. 4, fig. 29) depicted the paralectotype; figure copied by Ahl (1931b: 338, fig. 211). Lectotype by subsequent designation through Laurent (1961: 88).

The Prussian explorer and topographer Major Mechow participated in the first “Loango-Expedition” from 1873-1875 under Paul Güssfeldt ( Güssfeld et al. 1879). On a second “Kuango-Expedition” (1878-81), led by himself, he and two companions, the botanist Julius Eduard Teusz and the shipwright of the Imperial Navy Jess Bugslag (or Buslag), travelled from Luanda via Malanje (June 1888) to the confluence of the Luhemba and the Cuango River (November 1880). He returned via Malanje (February 1881) to Luanda and arrived in Berlin in August 1881 ( Mechow 1882; Weidmann 1894; Heintze 2007, 2018; Teusz 2018).

From 1878 to 1879, the expedition of engineer Schütt was carried out together with the architect Paul Gierow on behalf of the "Afrikanische Gesellschaft in Deutschland". The expedition aimed at compiling topographic reconnaissance and producing maps. They started on 4 January 1878 in Luanda and reached the lower Luachimo River (3 to 9 February 1879) via Malanje (22 February to 4 July 1878), and Quimbundo (12 November to 1 December 1878). They almost reached Mai Munene. From Quimbundo they turned back through the Lunda area and reached Luanda again via Malanje (12 to 24 May 1879) on 21 June 1879 ( Heintze 2007).

Hyperolius viridiflavus

see Hyperolius flavoguttatus , Hyperolius irregularis , Hyperolius kandti , Hyperolius karissimbiensis , Hyperolius koehli , Hyperolius kwidjwiensis , Hyperolius macrodactylus , Hyperolius mohasicus , Hyperolius monticola , Hyperolius multicolor , Hyperolius oculatus , Hyperolius phrynoderma , Hyperolius punctatissimus , Hyperolius schubotzi (unlocated type specimens), Hyperolius stuhlmanni , Hyperolius variabilis , Hyperolius wettsteini.