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Litoria longirostris Tyler and Davies, 1977

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

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Litoria longirostris Tyler and Davies, 1977, Copeia, 1977: 620. Holotype: QM J26930, by original designation. Type locality: "Rocky River (13° 46′ S, 142° 23′ E), McIlwraith Range, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia".

Llewellynura longirostris — Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 5.

English Names

Scrub Rocket Frog (Ingram, Nattrass, and Czechura, 1993, Mem. Queensland Mus., 33: 222; Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 147).

Longnose Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 59).

Long-snouted Frog (Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 147).

Distribution

McIlwraith Range, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.

Comment

In the Litoria dorsalis group of Tyler and Davies, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 27 (63): 23. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 28-29.

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