Leiopelma hamiltoni McCulloch, 1919
Liopelma hamiltoni McCulloch, 1919, Trans. Proc. New Zealand Inst., Wellington, 51: 447. Holotype: Dominion Mus. (= NMNZ), according to the original publication. Type locality: "Stephens Island, Cook Strait", New Zealand.
Leiopelma hamiltoni — Mittleman and Myers, 1949, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 62: 57-68.
Leioaspetos hamiltoni — Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 62.
English Names
Brown New Zealand Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 70).
Hamilton's Frog (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 76).
Distribution
Boulder banks near the summit of Stephens Island, New Zealand.
Comment
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: 292.
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