title: The status of Leptopelis barbouri Ahl, 1929 and eleven other nomina of the current tree-frog genus Leptopelis (Arthroleptidae) described from East Africa, with a redescription of Leptopelis grandiceps Ahl, 1929.
abstract: An investigation of name-bearing types and other relevant type specimens of twelve nominal Leptopelis taxa described from or distributed in the Eastern Arc Mountains in East Africa was carried out. Our aim was to clarify their status and where necessary revise respective nomina. We suggest several nomenclatural and taxonomic actions: 1) Leptopelis barbouri Ahl, 1929 is transferred to the synonymy of Leptopelis flavomaculatus (Günther, 1864) as a junior subjective synonym; 2) Leptopelis grandiceps Ahl, 1929 is resurrected from the synonymy of Leptopelis uluguruensis Barbour & Loveridge, 1928 as a valid species conforming to the tree frogs which have been known as 'L. barbouri' and a lectotype is designated; 3) Leptopelis usambarae Ahl, 1929 is transferred from the synonymy of L. uluguruensis Barbour & Loveridge, 1928 to the synonymy of L. grandiceps Ahl, 1929 as a subjective synonym; 4) a lectotype of Leptopelis amaniensis Ahl, 1929 (synonym of L. uluguruensis), Hylambates johnstoni Boulenger, 1897 (synonym of L. flavomaculatus) and Leptopelis signifer Ahl, 1929 (synonym of L. vermiculatus) is designated to stabilize identity of the nomina; and 5) the type locality of Leptopelis martiensseni Ahl, 1929 and Leptopelis tanganus Ahl, 1929 is corrected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Sciences, Biogeography Research Group, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 27, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Laboratory of Molecular Ecology, Rumburská 89, CZ-277 21 Liběchov, Czech Republic Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, CZ-603 65 Brno, Czech Republic; Email: vaclav.gvozdik@ivb.cz.
authors.forename: Václav
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gvoždík
authors.affiliation: Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity Berlin, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tillack
authors.affiliation: Tropical Biodiversity Section, Trento Science Museum, Via Calepina 14, I-38100 Trento, Italy; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Menegon
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Sciences, Biogeography Research Group, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 27, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Simon P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Loader
mesh_terms: D000351:Africa, Eastern; D000818:Animals; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D011898:Ranidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*; D013045:Species Specificity