Hyperolius

{{short description|Genus of frogs}} {{automatic taxobox | image = Hyperolius argus Al-ReedFrogs 02.jpg | image_caption = ''Hyperolius argus'' | taxon = Hyperolius | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 145 species (but see text) | authority = {{interlanguage link|Wilhelm Ludwig Rapp|fr|Wilhelm Ludwig Rapp|de|Wilhelm von Rapp|lt=Rapp}}, 1842 | type_species = ''Hyla horstocki'' | type_species_authority = Schlegel, 1837 | synonyms = {{genus list | Eucnemis | Tschudi, 1838 – homonym of ''Eucnemis'' Ahrens, 1812 (Insecta) | Hyperolius | Rapp, 1842 – replacement name | Epipole | Gistel, 1848 | Crumenifera | Cope, 1862 | Rappia | Günther, 1865 | Nesionixalus | Perret, 1976 | Chlorolius | Perret, 1988 | Alexteroon | Perret, 1988 }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name="Frost-2022"/> }}

'''''Hyperolius''''' (commonly known as the '''African reed frogs''' or '''reed frogs''') is a large genus of frogs in the family Hyperoliidae from Sub-Saharan Africa.<ref name="Frost-2022"/><ref name="Channing and Rödel 2019"/> The genus is known to exhibit sexual dichromatism, a trait that is otherwise rare in frogs.<ref name="Portik-2019">{{cite web |last1=Portik |first1=D.M. |title=Sexual Dichromatism Drives Diversification within a Major Radiation of African Amphibians |url=https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/68/6/859/5477408|journal=Systematic Biology |volume=68 |issue=6 |date= November 2019 |pages= 859–875 |doi=10.1093/sysbio/syz023}}</ref>

==Species== Different sources may delimit species differently, and as new species are still being described, different number of species can be found. {{As of|March 2026}}, ''Amphibian Species of the World'' lists 145 species<ref name="Frost-2022"/> and ''AmphibiaWeb'' 155 species.<ref name=AmphibiaWeb>{{cite web |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/lists/Hyperoliidae.shtml |title=Hyperoliidae |year=2022 |work=AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application] |publisher=Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb |access-date=2026-03-01}}</ref> The following list follows the ''Amphibian Species of the World'':<ref name="Frost-2022"/> {{columns-list|colwidth=25em| * ''Hyperolius acuticephalus'' Ahl, 1931 * ''Hyperolius acutirostris'' Buchholz and Peters, 1875 * ''Hyperolius ademetzi'' Ahl, 1931 * ''Hyperolius adspersus'' Peters, 1877 * ''Hyperolius albofrenatus'' Ahl, 1931 * ''Hyperolius argus'' Peters, 1854 * ''Hyperolius atrigularis'' Laurent, 1941 * ''Hyperolius balfouri'' (Werner, 1908) * ''Hyperolius baumanni'' Ahl, 1931 * ''Hyperolius benguellensis'' (Bocage, 1893) * ''Hyperolius bicolor'' Ahl, 1931 * ''Hyperolius bobirensis'' Schiøtz, 1967 * ''Hyperolius bocagei'' Steindachner, 1867 * ''Hyperolius bolifambae'' Mertens, 1938 * ''Hyperolius bopeleti'' Amiet, 1980 * ''Hyperolius brachiofasciatus'' Ahl, 1931 * ''Hyperolius burgessi'' Loader, Lawson, Portik, and Menegon, 2015 * ''Hyperolius camerunensis'' Amiet, 2004 * ''Hyperolius castaneus'' Ahl, 1931 * ''Hyperolius chelaensis'' Conradie, Branch, Measey, and Tolley, 2012 * ''Hyperolius chlorosteus'' (Boulenger, 1915) * ''Hyperolius chrysogaster'' Laurent, 1950 * ''Hyperolius cinereus'' Monard, 1937 * ''Hyperolius cinnamomeoventris'' Bocage, 1866 * ''Hyperolius concolor'' (Hallowell, 1844) * ''Hyperolius constellatus'' Laurent, 1951 * ''Hyperolius cystocandicans'' Richards and Schiøtz, 1977 * ''Hyperolius dartevellei'' Laurent, 1943 * ''Hyperolius davenporti'' Loader, Lawson, Portik, and Menegon, 2015 * ''Hyperolius diaphanus'' Laurent, 1972 * ''Hyperolius dintelmanni'' Lötters and Schmitz, 2004 * ''Hyperolius discodactylus'' Ahl, 1931 * ''Hyperolius drewesi'' Bell, 2016 * ''Hyperolius endjami'' Amiet, 1980 * ''Hyperolius ferrugineus'' Laurent, 1943 * ''Hyperolius friedemanni'' Mercurio and Rödel ''in'' Channing, Hillers, Lötters, Rödel, Schick, Conradie, Rödder, Mercurio, Wagner, Dehling, Du Preez, Kielgast, and Burger, 2013 * ''Hyperolius frontalis'' Laurent, 1950 * ''Hyperolius fuscigula'' Bocage, 1866 * ''Hyperolius fusciventris'' Peters, 1876 * ''Hyperolius ghesquieri'' Laurent, 1943 * ''Hyperolius glandicolor'' Peters, 1878 * ''Hyperolius gularis'' Ahl, 1931 * ''Hyperolius guttulatus'' Günther, 1858 * ''Hyperolius horstockii'' (Schlegel, 1837) * ''Hyperolius houyi'' Ahl, 1931 * ''Hyperolius howelli'' Du Preez and Channing ''in'' Channing, Hillers, Lötters, Rödel, Schick, Conradie, Rödder, Mercurio, Wagner, Dehling, Du Preez, Kielgast, and Burger, 2013 * ''Hyperolius hutsebauti'' Laurent, 1956 * ''Hyperolius hypsiphonus'' (Amiet, 2000) * ''Hyperolius igbettensis'' Schiøtz, 1963 * ''Hyperolius inornatus'' Laurent, 1943 * ''Hyperolius inyangae'' Channing ''in'' Channing, Hillers, Lötters, Rödel, Schick, Conradie, Rödder, Mercurio, Wagner, Dehling, Du Preez, Kielgast, and Burger, 2013 * ''Hyperolius jackie'' Dehling, 2012 * ''Hyperolius jacobseni'' Channing ''in'' Channing, Hillers, Lötters, Rödel, Schick, Conradie, Rödder, Mercurio, Wagner, Dehling, Du Preez, Kielgast, and Burger, 2013 * ''Hyperolius jynx'' (Amiet, 2000) * ''Hyperolius kachalolae'' Schiøtz, 1975 * ''Hyperolius kibarae'' Laurent, 1957 * ''Hyperolius kihangensis'' Schiøtz and Westergaard, 1999 * ''Hyperolius kivuensis'' Ahl, 1931 * ''Hyperolius koehleri'' Mertens, 1940 * ''Hyperolius kuligae'' Mertens, 1940 * ''Hyperolius lamottei'' Laurent, 1958 * ''Hyperolius langi'' Noble, 1924 * ''Hyperolius lateralis'' Laurent, 1940 * ''Hyperolius laurenti'' Schiøtz, 1967 * ''Hyperolius leleupi'' Laurent, 1951 * ''Hyperolius leucotaenius'' Laurent, 1950 * ''Hyperolius lucani'' Rochebrune, 1885 * ''Hyperolius lupiroensis'' Channing ''in'' Channing, Hillers, Lötters, Rödel, Schick, Conradie, Rödder, Mercurio, Wagner, Dehling, Du Preez, Kielgast, and Burger, 2013 * ''Hyperolius maestus'' Rochebrune, 1885 * ''Hyperolius major'' Laurent, 1957 * ''Hyperolius marginatus'' Peters, 1854 * ''Hyperolius mariae'' Barbour and Loveridge, 1928 * ''Hyperolius marmoratus'' Rapp, 1842 * ''Hyperolius microps'' Günther, 1864 * ''Hyperolius minutissimus'' Schiøtz, 1975 * ''Hyperolius mitchelli'' Loveridge, 1953 * ''Hyperolius molleri'' (Bedriaga, 1892) * ''Hyperolius montanus'' (Angel, 1924) * ''Hyperolius mosaicus'' Perret, 1959 * ''Hyperolius nasicus'' Laurent, 1943 * ''Hyperolius nasutus'' Günther, 1865 * ''Hyperolius nienokouensis'' Rödel, 1998 * ''Hyperolius nimbae'' Laurent, 1958 * ''Hyperolius nitidulus'' Peters, 1875 * ''Hyperolius obscurus'' Laurent, 1943 * ''Hyperolius obstetricans'' (Ahl, 1931) * ''Hyperolius occidentalis'' Schiøtz, 1967 * ''Hyperolius ocellatus'' Günther, 1858 * ''Hyperolius olivaceus'' Buchholz and Peters, 1876 * ''Hyperolius papyri'' (Werner, 1908 "1907") * ''Hyperolius parallelus'' Günther, 1858 * ''Hyperolius pardalis'' Laurent, 1948 * ''Hyperolius parkeri'' Loveridge, 1933 * ''Hyperolius phantasticus'' (Boulenger, 1899) * ''Hyperolius pickersgilli'' Raw, 1982 * ''Hyperolius picturatus'' Peters, 1875 * ''Hyperolius pictus'' Ahl, 1931 * ''Hyperolius platyceps'' (Boulenger, 1900) * ''Hyperolius polli'' Laurent, 1943 * ''Hyperolius polystictus'' Laurent, 1943 * ''Hyperolius poweri'' Loveridge, 1938 * ''Hyperolius protchei'' Rochebrune, 1885 * ''Hyperolius pseudargus'' Schiøtz and Westergaard, 1999 * ''Hyperolius puncticulatus'' (Pfeffer, 1893) * ''Hyperolius pusillus'' (Cope, 1862) * ''Hyperolius pustulifer'' Laurent, 1940 * ''Hyperolius pyrrhodictyon'' Laurent, 1965 * ''Hyperolius quadratomaculatus'' Ahl, 1931 * ''Hyperolius quinquevittatus'' Bocage, 1866 * ''Hyperolius raymondi'' Conradie, Branch, and Tolley, 2013 * ''Hyperolius rhizophilus'' Rochebrune, 1885 * ''Hyperolius rhodesianus'' Laurent, 1948 * ''Hyperolius riggenbachi'' (Nieden, 1910) * ''Hyperolius rubrovermiculatus'' Schiøtz, 1975 * ''Hyperolius ruvuensis'' Barratt, Lawson and Loader, 2017 * ''Hyperolius rwandae'' Dehling, Sinsch, Rodel, and Channing ''in'' Channing, Hillers, Lötters, Rödel, Schick, Conradie, Rödder, Mercurio, Wagner, Dehling, Du Preez, Kielgast, and Burger, 2013 * ''Hyperolius sankuruensis'' Laurent, 1979 * ''Hyperolius schoutedeni'' Laurent, 1943 * ''Hyperolius semidiscus'' Hewitt, 1927 * ''Hyperolius sheldricki'' Duff-MacKay and Schiøtz, 1971 * ''Hyperolius soror'' (Chabanaud, 1921) * ''Hyperolius spatzi'' Ahl, 1931 * ''Hyperolius spinigularis'' Stevens, 1971 * ''Hyperolius steindachneri'' Bocage, 1866 * ''Hyperolius stenodactylus'' Ahl, 1931 * ''Hyperolius stictus'' Conradie, Verburgt, Portik, Ohler, Bwong, and Lawson, 2018 * ''Hyperolius substriatus'' Ahl, 1931 * ''Hyperolius swynnertoni'' FitzSimons, 1941 * ''Hyperolius sylvaticus'' Schiøtz, 1967 * ''Hyperolius tanneri'' Schiøtz, 1982 * ''Hyperolius thomensis'' Bocage, 1886 * ''Hyperolius tornieri'' Ahl, 1931 * ''Hyperolius torrentis'' Schiøtz, 1967 * ''Hyperolius tuberculatus'' (Mocquard, 1897) * ''Hyperolius tuberilinguis'' Smith, 1849 * ''Hyperolius ukwiva'' Loader, Lawson, Portik, and Menegon, 2015 * ''Hyperolius veithi'' Schick, Kielgast, Rödder, Muchai, Burger, and Lötters, 2010 * ''Hyperolius vilhenai'' Laurent, 1964 * ''Hyperolius viridiflavus'' (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) * ''Hyperolius viridigulosus'' Schiøtz, 1967 * ''Hyperolius viridis'' Schiøtz, 1975 * ''Hyperolius watsonae'' Pickersgill, 2007 * ''Hyperolius wermuthi'' Laurent, 1961 * ''Hyperolius xenorhinus'' Laurent, 1972 * ''Hyperolius zonatus'' Laurent, 1958 }}

==Nomina inquirenda== The following species are considered ''nomina inquirenda'' (species of doubtful identity):<ref name="Frost-2022"/> * ''Rappia granulata'' Tornier, 1896 * ''Rappia fimbriata'' Tornier, 1896 * ''Hyperolius laticeps'' Ahl, 1931 * ''Hyperolius thoracotuberculatus'' Ahl, 1931

==References== {{Reflist|30em|refs= <ref name="Channing and Rödel 2019">{{cite book |title=Field Guide to the Frogs & other Amphibians of Africa |last1=Channing |first1=Allan |last2=Rödel |first2=Mark-Oliver |name-list-style=amp |year=2019 |publisher=Struik Nature |location=Cape Town |isbn=978-1-77584-512-6 |pages=170–209 }}</ref>

<ref name="Frost-2022">{{cite web |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius |title=''Hyperolius'' Rapp, 1842 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2022 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |doi=10.5531/db.vz.0001 |access-date=2026-03-01}}</ref>

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