Litoria barringtonensis (Copland, 1957)
Hyla phyllochroa barringtonensis Copland, 1957, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 82: 45. Holotype: AMS R9502, according to Duellman, 1977, Das Tierreich, 95: 137, and Cogger, 1979, Rec. Aust. Mus., 32: 175. Type locality: "Cutler's Pass, Williams River, N[ew]. S[outh]. W[ales].", Australia. See comment.
Dryopsophus barringtonensis — Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 5.
Litoria barringtonensis — Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 60.
English Names
Barrington Tops Frog (Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 60).
Distribution
Northeastern New South Wales in the vicinity of Gosford, Australia.
Comment
Litoria barringtonensis is sympatric with Litoria phyllochroa according to Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 5, with which it had been synonymized by Tyler, 1971, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 19: 352. Donnellan, McGuigan, Knowles, Mahony, and Moritz, 1999, Aust. J. Zool., 47: 289, implied that association of this name with known species is problematic because the type is a juvenile, with the result that Hyla phyllochroa barringtonensis Copland, 1957, might be a senior synonym of Litoria pearsoniana or a junior synonym of Litoria phyllochroa. This issue has not yet been adequately resolved, although most Australian workers have taken the expedient of treating it as a junior synonym of Litoria phyllochroa to maintain usage. Nevertheless, Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 60-61, recognized the species as distinct and provided a means to recognize it, so it is recognized here.
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