Litoria becki (Loveridge, 1945)
Hyla becki Loveridge, 1945, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 58: 53. Holotype: MCZ 25900, by original designation. Type locality: "taken among rocks beside a brook in the forest on Mt. Wilhelm, 7,500-10,000 feet, Bismarck Range, Madang Division", Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea.
Litoria becki — Tyler, 1971, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 19: 352.
English Names
Beck's Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 59).
Distribution
Mount Giluwe and Mount Wilhelm in the central mountains of Papua New Guinea, 2300-3200 m elevation; possibly Mount Jaya at 3650 m elevation.
Comment
For discussion see Tyler, 1968, Zool. Verh., Leiden, 96: 47. In the Litoria becki group of Tyler and Davies, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 27 (63): 14. Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 134, provided a brief account and considered this species to be in his Litoria pratti group. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 256.
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