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Issue: Vol. 1052 No. 1: 20 Sept. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-09-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1052.1.3
Page range: 29–39
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 5

A new species of treefrog (Anura: Hylidae: Litoria) from the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea

Vertebrates Department, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, S.A. 5000, Australia
Amphibia Hylidae Litoria New Species Huon Peninsula Papua New Guinea

Abstract

Litoria singadanae sp. nov. is described from lower montane rainforest on the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. It is a moderately small green frog (two males 29.0–29.1 mm, a female 34.6 mm SV) with long limbs (TL/SV 0.55–0.60), extensively webbed fingers, and a large and prominent tympanum. The new species is unique among Australopapuan hylid frogs in possessing a transparent tympanic membrane. It is known only from the type locality at an altitude of 1280 m asl.

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