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
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Zoosystematics and Evolution
2021
2021-08-10
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.68000
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.68000
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Hyperolius breviceps Ahl, 1931a: 54.
Holotype.
ZMB 86026, "Tschimbo, Port. Ost-Afrika" [Chemba, Sofala Province, Upper Zambezi, Mozambique], coll. Wilhelm Tiesler, 11.XI.1905.
Paratypes.
ZMB 39012 and ZMB 77753-77754 (formerly part of ZMB 39012), all from "Eldama River Station,
suedoestlich
vom Baringo-See, Britisch-Ost-Afrika" [Eldama Ravine, Baringo County, Kenya], all coll. Hermann Grote.
Present name.
Hyperolius marmoratus
Rapp, 1842.
Remarks.
Depicted in
Ahl (1931b
: 316, fig. 190). Another paratype, MCZ A-17629 from "Eldama River Station", coll. Grote was sent in exchange from ZMB in 1932 (
Barbour and Loveridge 1946
: 127).
In October 1905 and November 1907, Tiesler sent two shipments, including nearly 300 amphibians and reptiles, to ZMB. This material was collected between November 1904 and January 1906 in Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique] and described by
Nieden (1915)
. The vouchers of this collection originated from the following localities: Cabayra, Chifumbazi, Chinta, Costa, Lukunga, Marazi, Missala, Tschimbo, Tschinoupe and from the Zambezi River without any exact locality data.