Litoria montana (Peters and Doria, 1878)
Hyla (Litoria) montana Peters and Doria, 1878, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, 13: 423. Holotype: MSNG 29720, according to Capocaccia, 1957, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, Ser. 3, 69: 214. Type locality: "Hatam sul Monte Arfak", Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop Peninsula, Papua (New Guinea), Indonesia.
Hyla montana montana — Loveridge, 1948, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 101: 396.
Nyctimystes montana — Tyler, 1964, Zool. Abh. Staatl. Mus. Tierkd. Dresden, 27: 265-270.
Nyctimystes montanus — Duellman, 1993, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 21: 108.
Litoria montana — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 362.
English Names
Mountain Big-eyed Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 61).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality (Arfak Mountains, Papua, Indonesia [New Guinea]).
Comment
For discussion see Tyler, 1964, Zool. Abh. Staatl. Mus. Tierkd. Dresden, 27: 265-270 and Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 163-164 (as Nyctimystes montana).
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