Litoria vagitus (Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981)
Cyclorana vagitus Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981, Rec. W. Aust. Mus., 9: 148. Holotype: WAM R71037, by original designation. Type locality: "junction of the Great Northern Highway and the road to Derby, 41 km S of Derby, 124° 38′ E, 17° 44′ S, Kimberley Division", Western Australia.
Litoria (Cyclorana) vagitus — 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.
Cyclorana vagita — Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 20. Incorrect subsequent spelling of species name (see comment).
English Names
Crying Water-holding Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 52).
Wailing Frog (Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 170; Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 46; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 20).
Distribution
Kimberley Division, Western Australia, and northwestern Northern Territory, Australia.
Comment
The species name is a noun in apposition. See account by Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 46, and brief account by See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 20-21.
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