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Issue: Vol. 1208 No. 1: 22 May. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-05-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1208.1.4
Page range: 57–68
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of large green treefrog (Anura: Hylidae: Litoria) from northern New Guinea

Vertebrates Department, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, S.A. 5000, Australia
Vertebrates Department, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, S.A. 5000, Australia
Conservation International, C/O Wildlife Conservation Society, P.O. Box 277, Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
Conservation International Papua Program, Jl. Bhayangkara, 1 # 5, Jayapura 99610, Papua Province, Indonesia
Amphibia Ampibia Hylidae Litoria new species New Guinea

Abstract

A new species of large green frog of the hylid genus Litoria is described from northern New Guinea. The new species is superficially similar to Litoria graminea and L. infrafrenata. It can be distinguished from L. graminea by the possession of a poorly defined white labial stripe that does not extend beyond the ear, and from L. infrafrenata by the combination of comparatively small adult size (males 57.9–60.4 mm), fully webbed fingers and a call that is a long (0.7–0.9 s) deep guttural growl. It is known from lowland forests around the village of Utai in north-western Papua New Guinea.

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