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 Author Tillack, Frank Museum fuer Naturkunde Berlin, Leibniz-Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany Author Ruiter, Ronald de Nederlands Openluchtmuseum, Hoeferlaan 4, 6816 SG Arnhem, The Netherlands Author Roedel, Mark-Oliver https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1666-195X Museum fuer Naturkunde Berlin, Leibniz-Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany mo.roedel@mfn-berlin.de text Zoosystematics and Evolution 2021 2021-08-10 97 2 407 450 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.68000 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.68000 1860-0743-2-407 DC2EBA6293A141938ADC2A79F7D658B9 9446F0CE40A752B4897F7B7B71BBFD29 Hyperolius vermicularis Ahl, 1931a: 24. Syntype. ZMB 10988, "Zanzibar" [Unguja Island, Tanzania], coll. Franz Ludwig Stuhlmann. Present name. Hyperolius marmoratus Rapp, 1842. Remarks. Hyperolius vermicularis Ahl is a nomen novum pro Rappia vermiculata Pfeffer, 1893 which is preoccupied by Hyperolius vermiculatus Peters, 1882a. A copy of Pfeffer's (1893 , pl. 1, fig. 12) drawing is depicted by Ahl (1931b : 275, fig. 145). Pfeffer (1893) mentions two specimens (catalogue no. "352" ) from "Sansibar, Insel", collected by Fuelleborn on 6 August 1888. The type specimens of Rappia vermiculata are not mentioned in the herpetological type catalogues of ZMH ( Hallermann 1998 , 2006 ). A new search in ZMH collection also failed to locate the type material (Jakob Hallermann in litt. 29 July 2020). ZMB 10988 was inventoried as " Rappia vermiculata Pffr." collected by Stuhlmann, allegedly at "Quillimane" . However, Tornier (1896 : 141) stated that the locality is "Zanzibar" and depicted this juvenile specimen on plate 4, figure 34.