{{Short description|Species of frog}} {{Speciesbox | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. |author2=South African Frog Re-assessment Group |collaboration=SA-FRoG |date=2017 |title=''Hyperolius protchei'' |volume=2017 |article-number=e.T56185A77159619 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T56185A77159619.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Hyperolius | species = protchei | authority = Rochebrune, 1885 | synonyms = | synonyms_ref = <ref name=Frost/> }} '''''Hyperolius protchei''''' is a species of frog of questionable status in the family Hyperoliidae. Described more than a century ago, it is only known from its type locality, Landana, in the Cabinda Province of northern Angola.<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" /><ref name=Frost/><ref name="Marques et al. 2018"/> The holotype was originally deposited in Museo Bouvier and—if it survives at all—now presumably lies in the National Museum of Natural History, France.<ref name=Frost/><ref name="Marques et al. 2018"/> ''Hyperolius maestus'' might be a synonym of ''Hyperolius marmoratus''.<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" /><ref name=Frost/><ref name="Marques et al. 2018"/>
The etymology of the specific name ''protchei'' is not known, but Beolens and colleagues suggest that this species is named for a certain Protche, taxidermist who also collected samples for the French National Museum of Natural History.<ref name="Beolens et al. 2013"/> Common name '''Rochebrune's reed frog''' has been proposed for this species.<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" /><ref name=Frost/><ref name="Marques et al. 2018"/>
==References== {{Reflist|30em|refs= <ref name="Beolens et al. 2013">{{cite book |last1 = Beolens | first1 = Bo | last2 = Watkins | first2 = Michael | last3 = Grayson | first3 = Michael |name-list-style=amp |title=The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=QJY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=GBS.PA172 |date=2013 |publisher=Pelagic Publishing |isbn=978-1-907807-42-8 |page=172}}</ref>
<ref name=Frost>{{cite web |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-protchei |title=''Hyperolius protchei'' Rochebrune, 1885 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2021 |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=24 February 2021}}</ref>
<ref name="Marques et al. 2018">{{cite journal |last1=Marques |first1=M. P. |last2=Ceríaco |first2=L. M. P. |last3=Blackburn |first3=D. C. |last4=Bauer |first4=A. M. |name-list-style=amp |year=2018 |title=Diversity and distribution of the amphibians and terrestrial reptiles of Angola. Atlas of historical and bibliographic records (1840–2017) |journal=Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences |series=4th Series |volume=65 |issue=Suppl. II |pages=1–501 |url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/izg/PCAS%20v65%20Suppl%20II%2028Dept18%20Angola%20(CAS%20web).pdf }}</ref> }}
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protchei Category:Frogs of Africa Category:Amphibians of Angola Category:Endemic fauna of Angola Category:Amphibians described in 1885 Category:Taxa named by Alphonse Trémeau de Rochebrune Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot