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 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).