Litoria albolabris (Wandolleck, 1911)
Hyla albolabris Wandolleck, 1911 "1910", Abh. Ber. Zool. Anthropol. Ethnograph. Mus. Dresden, 13: 12. Type(s): NHMW 16976 and SAMA R4947 considered syntypes by Duellman, 1977, Das Tierreich, 95: 114. Obst, 1977, Zool. Abh. Staatl. Mus. Tierkd. Dresden, 34: 173, listed MTD D2220 as holotype (destroyed) and a paratype in NHMW. Häupl and Tiedemann, 1978, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 2: 18, and Häupl, Tiedemann, and Grillitsch, 1994, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 9: 22, considered NHMW 16976 a syntype, received from the MTD. Tyler, 1990, Rec. S. Aust. Mus., 24: 2, reported SAMA R4947 as a syntype. Type locality: "Eitapé" (=Aitape), West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.
Litoria albolabris — Tyler, 1971, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 19: 352.
English Names
Wandolleck's White-lipped Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 59).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality (Aitape, West Sepik Province, northern coast of Papua New Guinea).
Comment
In the Litoria albolabris group according to Tyler and Davies, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 27 (63): 6. Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 149, provided a brief account.
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