Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Nyctimantis papua Boulenger, 1897, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 19: 12. Syntypes: BMNH (several specimens); BMNH 96.10.31.50 designated lectotype by Zweifel, 1983, Am. Mus. Novit., 2759: 4. Type locality: "Mount Victoria, Owen Stanley Range, [Papua] New Guinea".

Nyctimystes papua — Stejneger, 1916, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 29: 85. Parker, 1936, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 10, 17: 77.

Hyla papua — Noble, 1931, Biol. Amph.: 513.

Litoria papua — 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

Papua Big-eyed Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 61).

Distribution

Mount Victoria, the highest peak in the Owen Stanley Range, Papua New Guinea, 1500-2600 m elevation.

Comment

For discussion see Zweifel, 1983, Am. Mus. Novit., 2759: 4-8, and Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 157-158 (as Nyctimystes papua).

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