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Litoria Tschudi, 1838

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hylidae > Subfamily: Pelodryadinae > Genus: Litoria

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Litoria Tschudi, 1838, Classif. Batr.: 36, 77. Type species: Litoria freycineti Tschudi, 1838, by monotypy.

Ranoidea Tschudi, 1838, Classif. Batr.: 35, 76. Type species: Ranoidea jacksoniensis Tschudi, 1838, by monotypy. Synonymy with Hyla by Steindachner, 1867, Reise Österreichischen Fregatte Novara, Zool., Amph.: 61. Resurrected; without discussion, by Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 5. See Tyler, 1985, Herpetol. Rev., 16: 69; Australian Society of Herpetologists, 1987, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 44: 116-121; Tyler, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45: 152; Holthius, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45 and decision by ICZN ( Anonymous, 1991, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 48: 337-338).

Lepthyla Duméril and Bibron, 1841, Erp. Gen., 8: 504. Substitute name for Litoria Tschudi.

Dryopsophus Fitzinger, 1843, Syst. Rept.: 30. Type species: "Hyla citropa Péron" (= Hyla citripoda Péron, 1807 = Hyla citropa Duméril and Bibron, 1841), by original designation. Synonymy with Hyla by Fitzinger, 1843, Syst. Rept.: 30. Resurrected; without discussion, by Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 5. See Tyler, 1985, Herpetol. Rev., 16: 69; Australian Society of Herpetologists, 1987, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 44: 116-121; Tyler, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45: 152; Holthius, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45 and decision by ICZN ( Anonymous, 1991, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 48: 337-338).

Euscelis Fitzinger, 1843, Syst. Rept.: 31. Type species: Hyla lesueurii Duméril and Bibron, 1841, by original designation. Junior secondary homonym of Euscelis Brulié, 1832 (Insecta). Synonymy with Hyla by Gorham, 1974, Checklist World Amph.: 93.

Pelobius Fitzinger, 1843, Syst. Rept.: 31. Type species: "Litoria freycineti Duméril and Bibron" (= Litoria freycineti Tschudi, 1838), by original designation. Synonymy by Tyler, 1971, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 19: 353 (although generally ignored prior to this).

Polyphone Gistel, 1848, Naturgesch. Thierr.: xi. Substitute name for Ranoidea Tschudi, 1838.

Chiroleptes Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 34. Type species: Alytes australia Gray, 1842, by monotypy. Preoccupied by Chiroleptes Kirby, 1837 (Insecta). Synonymy (under Chiroleptes) by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 267; and Ogilby, 1907, Proc. R. Soc. Queensland, 20: 32; under Cyclorana by Parker, 1940, Novit. Zool., 42: 15.

Pelodryas Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 119. Type species: Rana caerulea White, 1790, by monotypy. Synonymy with Hyla by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 338.

Cyclorana Steindachner, 1867, Reise Österreichischen Fregatte Novara, Zool., Amph.: 29. Type species: Cyclorana novaehollandiae Steindachner, 1867, by monotypy. Synonymy (as a subgenus of Litoria) by Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 205.

Phractops Peters, 1867, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1867: 30. Type species: Phractops alutaceus Peters, 1867, by monotypy. Synonymy with Cyclorana by Günther, 1868, Zool. Rec., 4: 145 (although subsequently recognized); Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 267 (under Chiroleptes); Parker, 1940, Novit. Zool., 42: 15.

Chirodryas Keferstein, 1867, Nachr. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, 18: 358. Type species: Chirodryas raniformis Keferstein, 1867, by monotypy. Synonymy (with Hyla sensu lato) by Keferstein, 1868, Arch. Naturgesch., 34: 279; Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 337.

Hylomantis Peters, 1880, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1880: 224. Type species: Hylomantis fallax Peters, 1880, by monotypy. Preoccupied by Hylomantis Peters, 1873 "1872". Synonymy by implication of Cogger and Lindner, 1974, in Frith and Calaby (eds.), Fauna Survey Port Essington District: 67 (not Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2, who regarded this as a synonym of Hyperolius).

Drymomantis Peters, 1882, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1882: 8. Replacement name for Hylomantis Peters, 1880. Resurrected, without discussion, by Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 5. See Tyler, 1985, Herpetol. Rev., 16: 69; Australian Society of Herpetologists, 1987, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 44: 116-121; Tyler, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45: 152; Holthius, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45 and decision by ICZN ( Anonymous, 1991, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 48: 337-338).

Mitrolysis Cope, 1889, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 34: 312. Type species: Chiroleptes alboguttatus Günther, 1867, by monotypy. Synonymy with Litoria by Tyler, 1974, Proc. R. Soc. Queensland, 85: 27, with Cyclorana by Parker, 1940, Novit. Zool., 42: 20.

Fanchonia Werner, 1893, Zool. Anz., 16: 81-84. Type species: Fanchonia elegans Werner, 1893, by monotypy. Synonymy with Hyla by Werner, 1897, Zool. Anz., 20: 266.

Cheiroleptes — Spencer, 1901, Proc. R. Soc. Victoria, 13: 176. Incorrect subsequent spelling.

Nyctimystes Stejneger, 1916, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 29: 85. Type species: Nyctimantis papua Boulenger, 1897, by monotypy. Synonymy by Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 205. See comment.

Coggerdonia Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 4. Type species: Hyla adelaidensis Gray, 1841, by original designation. Synonymy by acclamation. See Tyler, 1985, Herpetol. Rev., 16: 69; Australian Society of Herpetologists, 1987, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 44: 116-121; Tyler, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45: 152; Holthius, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45 and decision by ICZN ( Anonymous, 1991, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 48: 337-338).

Colleeneremia Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 4. Type species: Hyla rubella Gray, 1842, by original designation. Synonymy by acclamation. See Tyler, 1985, Herpetol. Rev., 16: 69; Australian Society of Herpetologists, 1987, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 44: 116-121; Tyler, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45: 152; Holthius, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45 and decision by ICZN ( Anonymous, 1991, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 48: 337-338).

Brendanura Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 4. Type species: Chiroleptes alboguttatus Günther, 1867, by original designation. Synonymy with Cyclorana by general acclamation. See Tyler, 1985, Herpetol. Rev., 16: 69; Australian Society of Herpetologists, 1987, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 44: 116-121; Tyler, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45: 152; Holthius, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45 and decision by ICZN ( Anonymous, 1991, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 48: 337-338).

Neophractops Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 5. Type species: Chiroleptes platycephalus Günther, 1873, by original designation. Synonymy with Cyclorana by general acclamation.

Llewellynura Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 5. Type species: Hyla dorsalis microbelos Cogger, 1966, by original designation. Synonymy by acclamation. See Tyler, 1985, Herpetol. Rev., 16: 69; Australian Society of Herpetologists, 1987, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 44: 116-121; Tyler, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45: 152; Holthius, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45 and decision by ICZN ( Anonymous, 1991, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 48: 337-338).

Mahonabatrachus Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 5. Type species: Hyla meiriana Tyler, 1969, by original designation. Synonymy by acclamation. See Tyler, 1985, Herpetol. Rev., 16: 69; Australian Society of Herpetologists, 1987, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 44: 116-121; Tyler, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45: 152; Holthius, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45 and decision by ICZN ( Anonymous, 1991, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 48: 337-338).

Mosleyia Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 5. Type species: Hyla nannotis Andersson, 1916, by original designation. Synonymy by acclamation. See Tyler, 1985, Herpetol. Rev., 16: 69; Australian Society of Herpetologists, 1987, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 44: 116-121; Tyler, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45: 152; Holthius, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45 and decision by ICZN ( Anonymous, 1991, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 48: 337-338).

Pengilleyia Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 5. Type species: Litoria tyleri Martin, Watson, Gartside, Littlejohn, and Loftus-Hills, 1979, by original designation. Synonymy by acclamation. See Tyler, 1985, Herpetol. Rev., 16: 69; Australian Society of Herpetologists, 1987, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 44: 116-121; Tyler, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45: 152; Holthius, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45 and decision by ICZN ( Anonymous, 1991, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 48: 337-338).

Rawlinsonia Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 5. Type species: Hyla ewingi Duméril and Bibron, 1841, by original designation. Synonymy by acclamation. See Tyler, 1985, Herpetol. Rev., 16: 69; Australian Society of Herpetologists, 1987, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 44: 116-121; Tyler, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45: 152; Holthius, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45 and decision by ICZN ( Anonymous, 1991, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 48: 337-338).

Saganura Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 6. Type species: Hyla burrowsi Scott, 1942, by original designation. Synonymy by acclamation. See Tyler, 1985, Herpetol. Rev., 16: 69; Australian Society of Herpetologists, 1987, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 44: 116-121; Tyler, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45: 152; Holthius, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45 and decision by ICZN ( Anonymous, 1991, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 48: 337-338).

Sandyrana Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 6. Type species: Hyla infrafrenata Günther, 1867, by original designation. Synonymy by acclamation. See Tyler, 1985, Herpetol. Rev., 16: 69; Australian Society of Herpetologists, 1987, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 44: 116-121; Tyler, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45: 152; Holthius, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45 and decision by ICZN ( Anonymous, 1991, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 48: 337-338).

Dryomantis — Bauer, Günther, and Klipfel, 1995, in Bauer et al. (eds.), Herpetol. Contr. W.C.H. Peters: 37, 41, 684. Incorrect subsequent spelling of Drymomantis Peters, 1882.

English Names

Australasian Treefrogs (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 58).

Striped Burrowing Frogs (Cyclorana: Cogger, 1975, Rept. Amph. Australia: 49).

Water-holding Frogs (Cyclorana: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 52).

Big-eyed Treefrogs (Nyctimystes [no longer recognized]: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 60).

Distribution

New Guinea, Moluccan Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Timor, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Is., and Australia, including Tasmania; introduced into New Caledonia, New Hebrides (Vanuatu), Guam, and New Zealand.

Comment

Species groups noted in the species accounts were defined by Tyler and Davies, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 27 (63): 1-47. Papuan species were reviewed (as Hyla) by Tyler, 1968, Zool. Verh., Leiden, 96: 1-203; Australian state checklists provided by Tyler, 1989, Aust. Frogs. Tyler, 1982, in Newman (ed.), New Zealand Wildlife Serv. Occas Publ., 2: 103-112, provided a general summary of Litoria systematics. Data presented by Sumida, Allison, and Nishioka, 1998, Japan. J. Herpetol., 17: 164-174, suggested a number of cryptic species in New Guinea. Pelodryas was recognized by Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 5, following Savage, 1986, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 99: 42-45, who recognized this genus for of the former Litoria caerulea group on the basis of evidence provided by Tyler and Davies, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 27 (63): 1-47. Use of Pelodryas has not generally been followed by other Australian herpetologists. McDonald and Davies, 1990, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust., 114: 149, provided a key to the members of the Litoria citropa species group, and Donnellan, McGuigan, Knowles, Mahony, and Moritz, 1999, Aust. J. Zool., 47: 275-293, reported on genetic evidence for species boundaries in the Litoria citropa group. Maxson, Ondrula, and Tyler, 1985, Aust. J. Zool., 33: 17-22, suggested on the basis of immunological evidence that Litoria is paraphyletic with respect to Cyclorana. Kuramoto and Allison, 1991, Japan. J. Herpetol., 14: 6-11, suggested on the basis of karyological evidence that Litoria is paraphyletic with respect to Nyctimystes. Cunningham, 2002, Mem. Queensland Mus., 48: 93-102, discussed the phylogenetics of the Litoria nannotis group: Litoria rheocola (Litoria nyakalensis (Litoria lorica, Litoria nannotis)). King, 1981, in Banks and Martin (eds.), Proc. Melbourne Herpetol. Symp.: 169-175, discussed the existing species groups as illuminated by karyological data. Menzies and Tyler, 2004, Aust. J. Zool., 52: 290, noted that the affinities of Litoria aruensis are enigmatic, thereby implying a lack of confidence in the reality of the Litoria aruensis group (= Litoria gracilenta group according to Menzies and Tyler, 2004, Aust. J. Zool., 52: 203); these authors (p. 203) redelimited the Litoria gracilenta group to include Litoria gracilenta, Litoria aruensis, Litoria elkae, Litoria kumae, and Litoria auae, and placed Litoria chloris, Litoria graminea, Litoria multiplica, and Litoria xanthomera into the Litoria chloris group. Australian frogs of the Cyclorana australis group were reviewed by Tyler and Martin, 1975, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust., 99: 93-99, and other species by Tyler and Martin, 1977, Rec. S. Aust. Mus., 17: 261-276. King, Tyler, Davies, and King, 1979, Aust. J. Zool., 27: 699-708, reported on karyology. Cyclorana was omitted from the Myobatrachidae by Heyer and Liem, 1976, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 233: 11, thereby implying transfer to the Hylidae; transferred formally by Tyler, 1978, Amph. S. Aust.: XXX. Maxson, Ondrula, and Tyler, 1985, Aust. J. Zool., 33: 17-22, and Hutchinson and Maxson, 1987, Aust. J. Zool., 35: 61-74, suggested on the basis of immunological evidence that Cyclorana is the sister taxon of the Litoria aurea species group, thereby rendering Litoria paraphyletic. Meyer, Jamieson, and Scheltinga, 1997, J. Submicroscop. Cytol. Pathol., 29: 443-451, provided a number of ultrastructural synapomorphies for the group and subgroups within it and supported the view that Litoria is paraphyletic with respect to Cyclorana. Nyctimystes defined and species listed by Tyler and Davies, 1980 "1979", Aust. J. Zool., 27: 755-772 (who also suggested that Litoria might be paraphyletic with respect to this genus). Kuramoto and Allison, 1991, Japan. J. Herpetol., 14: 6-11, suggested on the basis of karyological evidence that Litoria is paraphyletic with respect to Nyctimystes. See also Zweifel, 1983, Am. Mus. Novit., 2759: 1-21, for accounts of former Nyctimystes. See Czechura, Ingram, and Liem, 1987, Rec. Aust. Mus., 39: 338, for systematics of Australian populations of former Nyctimystes. Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 205, considered Cyclorana as a monophyletic subgenus of Litoria, and placed Nyctimystes into the synonymy of Litoria because of the former's polyphyly. Menzies, Richards, and Tyler, 2008, Aust. J. Zool., 56: 257-280, revised the Litoria bicolor group, and noted that populations previous assigned to Litoria bicolor (e.g., from the Aru Islands of Indonesia) represent unnamed species. <<Kraus, 2012, Zootaxa, 3493: 1-26, suggested on the basis of undisclosed evidence and undisclosed sampling that Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 205, were wrong and that Nyctimystes is monophyletic. Kraus, 2012, Herpetologica, 68: 541-550, expanded on this and suggested that Litoria dayi is not a member of Nyctimystes, rendering Nyctimystes monophyletic. However, recognition of Nyctimystes without additional partition of Litoria renders Litoria paraphyletic, so for purposes of this catalog I have retained Nyctimystes as a synonym of Litoria pending resolution of this problem with S. Donnellan (DRF). Reynolds, 2012, Herpetofauna, Sydney, 40: 96-101, provided an identification table for grounds hylids of northern Australia. Young, Christian, Donnellan, Tracy, and Parry, 2005, Physiol. Biochem. Zool., 78: 847-856, provided molecular evidence for the polyphyly of "Cyclorana".

Contained taxa

  • "Litoria papua" (Van Kampen, 1909)
  • Litoria adelaidensis (Gray, 1841)
  • Litoria alboguttata (Günther, 1867)
  • Litoria albolabris (Wandolleck, 1911)
  • Litoria amboinensis (Horst, 1883)
  • Litoria andiirrmalin McDonald, 1997
  • Litoria angiana (Boulenger, 1915)
  • Litoria arfakiana (Peters and Doria, 1878)
  • Litoria aruensis (Horst, 1883)
  • Litoria auae Menzies and Tyler, 2004
  • Litoria aurea (Lesson, 1826)
  • Litoria aurifera Anstis, Tyler, Roberts, Price, and Doughty, 2010
  • Litoria australis (Gray, 1842)
  • Litoria avocalis (Zweifel, 1958)
  • Litoria axillaris Doughty, 2011
  • Litoria barringtonensis (Copland, 1957)
  • Litoria becki (Loveridge, 1945)
  • Litoria biakensis Günther, 2006
  • Litoria bibonius Kraus and Allison, 2004
  • Litoria bicolor (Gray, 1842)
  • Litoria bivocalis (Kraus, 2012)
  • Litoria booroolongensis (Moore, 1961)
  • Litoria brevipalmata Tyler, Martin, and Watson, 1972
  • Litoria brevipes (Peters, 1871)
  • Litoria brongersmai (Loveridge, 1945)
  • Litoria bulmeri (Tyler, 1968)
  • Litoria burrowsi (Scott, 1942)
  • Litoria caerulea (White, 1790)
  • Litoria capitula (Tyler, 1968)
  • Litoria castanea Steindachner, 1867
  • Litoria cavernicola Tyler and Davies, 1979
  • Litoria cheesmani (Tyler, 1964)
  • Litoria chloris (Boulenger, 1892)
  • Litoria chloristona Menzies, Richards, and Tyler, 2008
  • Litoria chloronota (Boulenger, 1911)
  • Litoria chrisdahli Richards, 2007
  • Litoria christianbergmanni Günther, 2008
  • Litoria citropa (Péron, 1807)
  • Litoria congenita (Peters and Doria, 1878)
  • Litoria contrastens (Tyler, 1968)
  • Litoria cooloolensis Liem, 1974
  • Litoria coplandi (Tyler, 1968)
  • Litoria corbeni (Wells and Wellington, 1985)
  • Litoria cryptochrysos (Kraus, 2012)
  • Litoria cryptotis (Tyler and Martin, 1977)
  • Litoria cultripes (Parker, 1940)
  • Litoria cyclorhyncha (Boulenger, 1882)
  • Litoria dahlii (Boulenger, 1896)
  • Litoria darlingtoni (Loveridge, 1945)
  • Litoria daviesae Mahony, Knowles, Foster, and Donnellan, 2001
  • Litoria dayi (Günther, 1897)
  • Litoria daymani (Zweifel, 1958)
  • Litoria dentata (Keferstein, 1868)
  • Litoria disrupta (Tyler, 1963)
  • Litoria dorsalis Macleay, 1878
  • Litoria dorsivena (Tyler, 1968)
  • Litoria dux Richards and Oliver, 2006
  • Litoria electrica Ingram and Corben, 1990
  • Litoria elkeae Günther and Richards, 2000
  • Litoria eschata Kraus and Allison, 2009
  • Litoria eucnemis (Lönnberg, 1900)
  • Litoria eurynastes Menzies, Richards, and Tyler, 2008
  • Litoria everetti (Boulenger, 1897)
  • Litoria ewingii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
  • Litoria exophthalmia Tyler, Davies, and Aplin, 1986
  • Litoria fallax (Peters, 1880)
  • Litoria flavescens Kraus and Allison, 2004
  • Litoria fluviatilis (Zweifel, 1958)
  • Litoria foricula (Tyler, 1963)
  • Litoria freycineti Tschudi, 1838
  • Litoria fuscula Oliver and Richards, 2007
  • Litoria gasconi Richards, Oliver, Krey, and Tjaturadi, 2009
  • Litoria genimaculata (Horst, 1883)
  • Litoria gilleni (Spencer, 1896)
  • Litoria gracilenta (Peters, 1869)
  • Litoria graminea (Boulenger, 1905)
  • Litoria granti (Boulenger, 1914)
  • Litoria gularis (Parker, 1936)
  • Litoria havina Menzies, 1993
  • Litoria hilli Hiaso and Richards, 2006
  • Litoria humboldtorum Günther, 2006
  • Litoria humeralis (Boulenger, 1912)
  • Litoria hunti Richards, Oliver, Dahl, and Tjaturadi, 2006
  • Litoria impura (Peters and Doria, 1878)
  • Litoria inermis (Peters, 1867)
  • Litoria infrafrenata (Günther, 1867)
  • Litoria intercastella (Kraus, 2012)
  • Litoria iris (Tyler, 1962)
  • Litoria jervisiensis (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
  • Litoria jeudii (Werner, 1901)
  • Litoria jungguy Donnellan and Mahony, 2004
  • Litoria kubori (Zweifel, 1958)
  • Litoria kuduki (Richards, 2007)
  • Litoria kumae Menzies and Tyler, 2004
  • Litoria latopalmata Günther, 1867
  • Litoria lesueurii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
  • Litoria leucova (Tyler, 1968)
  • Litoria littlejohni White, Whitford, and Mahony, 1994
  • Litoria lodesdema Menzies, Richards, and Tyler, 2008
  • Litoria longicrus (Boulenger, 1911)
  • Litoria longipes (Tyler and Martin, 1977)
  • Litoria longirostris Tyler and Davies, 1977
  • Litoria lorica Davies and McDonald, 1979
  • Litoria louisiadensis (Tyler, 1968)
  • Litoria lutea (Boulenger, 1887)
  • Litoria macki Richards, 2001
  • Litoria maculosa (Tyler and Martin, 1977)
  • Litoria maini (Tyler and Martin, 1977)
  • Litoria majikthise Johnston and Richards, 1994
  • Litoria manya (Van Beurden and McDonald, 1980)
  • Litoria mareku Günther, 2008
  • Litoria megalops Richards and Iskandar, 2006
  • Litoria meiriana (Tyler, 1969)
  • Litoria michaeltyleri Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
  • Litoria microbelos (Cogger, 1966)
  • Litoria micromembrana (Tyler, 1963)
  • Litoria modica (Tyler, 1968)
  • Litoria montana (Peters and Doria, 1878)
  • Litoria moorei (Copland, 1957)
  • Litoria mucro Menzies, 1993
  • Litoria multicolor Günther, 2004
  • Litoria multiplica (Tyler, 1964)
  • Litoria myola Hoskin, 2007
  • Litoria mystax (Van Kampen, 1906)
  • Litoria nannotis (Andersson, 1916)
  • Litoria napaea (Tyler, 1968)
  • Litoria narinosa (Zweifel, 1958)
  • Litoria nasuta (Gray, 1842)
  • Litoria nigrofrenata (Günther, 1867)
  • Litoria nigropunctata (Meyer, 1875)
  • Litoria novaehollandiae (Steindachner, 1867)
  • Litoria nudidigita (Copland, 1963)
  • Litoria nyakalensis Liem, 1974
  • Litoria obsoleta (Lönnberg, 1900)
  • Litoria obtusirostris Meyer, 1875
  • Litoria oenicolen Menzies and Zweifel, 1974
  • Litoria oktediensis (Richards and Johnston, 1993)
  • Litoria ollauro Menzies, 1993
  • Litoria olongburensis Liem and Ingram, 1977
  • Litoria pallida Davies, Martin, and Watson, 1983
  • Litoria papua (Boulenger, 1897)
  • Litoria paraewingi Watson, Loftus-Hills, and Littlejohn, 1971
  • Litoria pearsoniana (Copland, 1961)
  • Litoria perimetri (Zweifel, 1958)
  • Litoria peronii (Tschudi, 1838)
  • Litoria persimilis (Zweifel, 1958)
  • Litoria personata Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1978
  • Litoria phyllochroa (Günther, 1863)
  • Litoria piperata Tyler and Davies, 1985
  • Litoria platycephala (Günther, 1873)
  • Litoria pratti (Boulenger, 1911)
  • Litoria pronimia Menzies, 1993
  • Litoria prora (Menzies, 1969)
  • Litoria pulchra (Wandolleck, 1911)
  • Litoria purpureolata Oliver, Richards, Tjaturadi, and Iskandar, 2007
  • Litoria pygmaea (Meyer, 1875)
  • Litoria quadrilineata Tyler and Parker, 1974
  • Litoria raniformis (Keferstein, 1867)
  • Litoria rara Günther and Richards, 2005
  • Litoria revelata Ingram, Corben, and Hosmer, 1982
  • Litoria rheocola Liem, 1974
  • Litoria richardsi Dennis and Cunningham, 2006
  • Litoria rivicola Günther and Richards, 2005
  • Litoria robinsonae Oliver, Stuart-Fox, and Richards, 2008
  • Litoria rothii (De Vis, 1884)
  • Litoria rubella (Gray, 1842)
  • Litoria rubrops Kraus and Allison, 2004
  • Litoria rueppelli (Boettger, 1895)
  • Litoria sanguinolenta (Van Kampen, 1909)
  • Litoria sauroni Richards and Oliver, 2006
  • Litoria scabra Günther and Richards, 2005
  • Litoria semipalmata (Parker, 1936)
  • Litoria serrata (Andersson, 1916)
  • Litoria singadanae Richards, 2005
  • Litoria spartacus Richards and Oliver, 2006
  • Litoria spenceri Dubois, 1984
  • Litoria spinifera (Tyler, 1968)
  • Litoria splendida Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1977
  • Litoria staccato Doughty and Anstis, 2007
  • Litoria subglandulosa Tyler and Anstis, 1983
  • Litoria thesaurensis (Peters, 1877)
  • Litoria timida Tyler and Parker, 1972
  • Litoria tornieri (Nieden, 1923)
  • Litoria trachydermis (Zweifel, 1983)
  • Litoria tyleri Martin, Watson, Gartside, Littlejohn, and Loftus-Hills, 1979
  • Litoria umarensis Günther, 2004
  • Litoria umbonata Tyler and Davies, 1983
  • Litoria vagabunda (Peters and Doria, 1878)
  • Litoria vagitus (Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981)
  • Litoria verae Günther, 2004
  • Litoria verreauxii (Duméril, 1853)
  • Litoria verrucosa (Tyler and Martin, 1977)
  • Litoria viranula Menzies, Richards, and Tyler, 2008
  • Litoria vocivincens Menzies, 1972
  • Litoria wapogaensis Richards and Iskandar, 2001
  • Litoria watjulumensis (Copland, 1957)
  • Litoria wilcoxii Günther, 1864
  • Litoria wisselensis (Tyler, 1968)
  • Litoria wollastoni (Boulenger, 1914)
  • Litoria xanthomera Davies, McDonald, and Adams, 1986
  • Litoria zweifeli (Tyler, 1967)

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