Hylarana aurata (Günther, 2003)
Rana (Papurana) aurata Günther, 2003, Mitt. Mus. Naturkd. Berlin, Zool., 79: 208. Holotype: ZMB 58694, by original designation. Type locality: "at 54 km along the Nabire-Mapia road, about 30 km SE of Nabire, 750 m a.s.l., 3° 29′ 517″ S, 135° 43′ 913″ E., Papua, Province of Indonesia". Note that the original latitude and longitudes are impossible and therefore in error and should be corrected to 3° 29.517′ S, 135° 43.913′ E (A. Allison, personal communication).
Sylvirana aurata — 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: 370.
Hylarana aurata — Che, Pang, Zhao, Wu, Zhao, and Zhang, 2007, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 43: 3. by implication.
Papurana aurata — Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Herpetol. Sinica, 12: 34. See comment under Ranidae record.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Vicinity of the Biological State of Pusppenssat, ca. 30 km southeast of Nabire, Papua (New Guinea), Indonesia.
Comment
Most similar to Rana volkerjane according to the original publication. Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 70, provided a brief account.
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