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Litoria jungguy Donnellan and Mahony, 2004

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

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Litoria jungguy Donnellan and Mahony, 2004, Aust. J. Zool., 52: 21. Holotype: SAMA R35305, by original designation. Type locality: "Tinaroo Falls Dam, Queensland, 17° 11′ S, 145° 34′ E".

English Names

Jungguy Frog (Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 62).

Distribution

Rainforests of the Barron River drainage, and river drainages flowing east of the Atherton Tablelands south along the coast to the Murray River, approximately 20 km south of Tully, northern Queensland; an apparently isolated population in the Broekn River catchment in mid-east Queensland.

Comment

In the Litoria lesueuri group according to the original publication. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 616. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 62-63.

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