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

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.68000

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DC2EBA62-93A1-4193-8ADC-2A79F7D658B9

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/14B08714-BB43-59B4-8AF4-E89FA372D1A3

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Zoosystematics and Evolution by Pensoft

scientific name

Hyperolius asper Ahl, 1931a: 49.
status

 

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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Anura

Family

Hyperoliidae

Genus

Hyperolius