Litoria persimilis (Zweifel, 1958)
Nyctimystes persimilis Zweifel, 1958, Am. Mus. Novit., 1896: 34. Holotype: AMNH 56838, by original designation. Type locality: "north slope of Mt. Dayman, Territory of Papua, New Guinea, at an elevation of 1570 meters (4570 feet)" (Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea).
Litoria persimilis — 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
Milne Big-eyed Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 61).
Distribution
Known only from two localities in the eastern Owen Stanley Mountains (the type locality, Mount Dayman, and near Agaun), Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, 1370 and 1400 m elevation.
Comment
Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 165, provided a brief account.
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