Hyperolius concolor, (Hallowell, 1844) (Hallowell, 1844)

HYPEROLIUS CONCOLOR View in CoL GROUP

Hyperolius concolor View in CoL superspecies of SchiØtz (1975) [partim]; Group II of Amiet (2012) [partim]; Hyperolius cinnamomeoventris View in CoL group of Dehling and Sinsch (2019) [partim]; Group H of Ernst et al. (2021) [partim].

Contents (based on genetic data): H. bobirensis SchiØtz, 1967 View in CoL ; H. concolor ( Hallowell, 1844) View in CoL ; H. guttatus Peters, 1875 View in CoL stat. nov.; H. ibadanensis SchiØtz, 1967 View in CoL stat. nov.; H. sankuruensis Laurent, 1979 View in CoL ; Hyperolius sp. ( Hyperolius sp. 1 sensu Burger et al. 2004, Hyperolius sp. B Gabon sensu Veith et al. 2009); H. zonatus Laurent, 1958 View in CoL ( Burger et al. 2004, Veith et al. 2009, Portik et al. 2019; this study).

Area of occurrence: From south-eastern Sierra Leone in the West to south-western Cameroon in the East. Doudou Mts. in south-western Gabon and in the central Congo Basin south of the Congo River.

Other potential members: Perret (1966) suggested that H. stenodactylus Ahl, 1931 from southern Cameroon (type locality: Bipindi) potentially represents a synonym of ‘ H. concolor ’. Considering the geographical origin of H. stenodactylus , it may be a synonym of H. guttatus , but see Discussion.