Litoria wisselensis (Tyler, 1968)
Hyla wisselensis Tyler, 1968, Zool. Verh., Leiden, 96: 180. Holotype: RMNH 12295, by original designation. Type locality: "Enarotali, Lake Paniai, Wissel Lakes, Snow Mountains, [Papua], New Guinea", Indonesia.
Litoria wisselensis — Tyler, 1971, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 19: 355.
English Names
Wissel Lakes Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 60).
Distribution
Wissel Lakes region in the Snow Mountains, New Guinea (Indonesia) at ca. 1700 m elevation.
Comment
In the Litoria rubella group of Tyler and Davies, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 27 (63): 41. In the Litoria wisselensis group; see Tyler and Davies, 1983, Copeia, 1983: 803-808. Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 123-125, provided a brief account and regarded it as a member of his Litoria rubella group. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 262.
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