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Hyperolius horstockii semidiscus

Hyperolius horstockii semidiscus

Hewitt, 1927

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Remarks. Hewitt (1927) appears to have described H. horstockii semidiscus almost as an after-thought during the description of H. horstockii, and as a consequence the number of types is not mentioned. He notes “ Types from Mariannhill, Natal ”, but earlier notes material from various other localities (see below). The type bottle transferred to PEM contained three specimens. One of these (PEM A 4579) conforms to that illustrated in the type description (Pl. XXIV, fig. 7) and its size (33.5 mm) and sex (male) are also the same as that listed, and we therefore designate this as the lectotype. Hewitt (1927) also lists additional material (p. 410), which is also now included in the PEM collection: Redhouse near Port Elizabeth (AMG 1685, now PEM A 4580), Bussacks near Kariega River mouth (AMG 2627, now PEM A 4582 – 4592), Blaaukrantz near Grahamstown (no original number on labels, reaccessioned as AMA 152, now PEM A 4598), Mqanduli (AMG 2065, now PEM A 4581, 4593, 4594) and Gillitts in KwaZula-Natal (AMG 2997, now PEM A 4596). He also refers to a specimen from Bathurst (p. 411) but this is unaccounted for. Elevated to full species by Poynton (1964).
Conradie, Werner, Branch, William R., Watson, Gillian (2015): Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 1: Amphibians. Zootaxa 3936 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.1.2

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AnimaliaChordataAmphibiaAnuraHyperoliidaeHyperoliusHyperolius horstockii semidiscus

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FIGURE 7. Family Hyperoliidae: A—Holotype of Hyperolius chelaensis (PEM A 9223), B—Lectotype of Hyperolius horstockii semidiscus (PEM A 4579), C—Holotype of Hyperolius raymondi (PEM A 10049).

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Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 1: Amphibians

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal volume Conradie, Werner, Branch, William R., Watson, Gillian (2015): Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 1: Amphibians. Zootaxa 3936 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.1.2

Abstract

The Port Elizabeth Museum houses the consolidated herpetological collections of three provincial museums of the Eastern Cape, South Africa: the Port Elizabeth Museum (Port Elizabeth), the Amatole (previously Kaffarian) Museum (King Williams Town), and the Albany Museum (Grahamstown). Under John Hewitt, Albany Museum was the main centre of herpetological research in South Africa from 1910–1940, and he described numerous new species, many based on material in the museum collection. The types and other material from the Albany Museum are now incorporated into the Port Elizabeth Museum Herpetology collection (PEM). Due to the vague typification of much of Hewitt’s material, the loss of the original catalogues in a fire and the subsequent deterioration of specimen labels, the identification of this type material is often troublesome. Significant herpetological research has been undertaken at the PEM in the last 35 years, and the collection has grown to be the third largest in Africa. During this period, numerous additional types have been deposited in the PEM collection, generated by active taxonomic research in the museum. As a consequence, 43 different amphibian taxa are represented by 37 primary and 151 secondary type specimens in the collection. This catalogue provides the first documentation of these types. It provides the original name, the original publication date, journal number and pagination, reference to illustrations, current name, museum collection number, type locality, notes on the type status, and photographs of all holotypes and lectotypes. Where necessary to maintain nomenclatural stability, and where confused type series are housed in the PEM collection, lectotypes and paralectotypes are nominated.

Key words: Amphibia, Port Elizabeth Museum, Albany Museum, types

Conradie W, Branch W R, Watson G, plazi (2015). Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 1: Amphibians. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3936.1.2 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-16.

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GBIF Usage Key
119600676
Dataset Key
60942119-aabc-4fba-b245-ac8441ca2397
Origin
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Backbone Key
8461229
Taxon ID
2E7387E1EF19FFA3FF76F8A6FCD1FDF1.taxon
Last Crawled
6/11/2026
Last Interpreted
6/11/2026
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