Litoria dorsivena (Tyler, 1968)
Hyla dorsivena Tyler, 1968, Zool. Verh., Leiden, 96: 83. Holotype: SAMA R7901, by original designation. Type locality: "Telefomin, Eastern Mountains, [West Sepik Province, Papua] New Guinea".
Litoria dorsivena — Tyler, 1971, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 19: 352.
English Names
Eastern Mountains Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 59).
Distribution
Known from a limited area in the region of the upper Fly and upper Sepik Rivers, around 1500 m; also reported from the Arfak Mountains, New Guinea (see comment).
Comment
In the Litoria dorsivena group of Tyler and Davies, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 27 (63): 24. Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 136, provided a brief account and considered this species to be in his Litoria pratti group, as well as noting that the Arfak Mountain specimens may not be identified correctly.
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