Rana waliesa Kraus and Allison, 2007, Herpetol. Monogr., 21: 62. Holotype: BPBM 16387, by original designation. Type locality: "Basima, 9.4683°S, 150.8315°E, 0-10 m, Fergusson Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea".
Hylarana waliesa — Frost, 2008, Amph. Spec. World Online, vers. 5.2: . based on results of Che, Pang, Zhao, Wu, Zhao, and Zhang, 2007, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 43: 3.
Papurana waliesa — Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Herpetol. Sinica, 12: 34. See comment under Ranidae record.
None noted.
Fergusson, Goodenough, and Normanby islands, the Pini Range at the west end of Milne Bay, and the southern Owen Stanley Mountains, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
In the Rana papua group according to the original publication. The species name is a noun in apposition.
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