Discodeles guppyi (Boulenger, 1884)
Rana guppyi Boulenger, 1884, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1884: 211. Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.1.87 (formerly 84.3.24.2) according to W.C. Brown in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 459. Type locality: "Shortland Islands", Solomon Islands.
Rana (Discodeles) guppyi — Boulenger, 1918, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 9, 1: 239.
Discodeles guppyi — Noble, 1931, Biol. Amph.: 64, 523. by implication; Brown, 1952, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 107: 39.
Rana bufoniformis cognata Hediger, 1933, Verh. Naturforsch. Ges. Basel, 44: 22. Holotype: NHMB 4605 according to Forcart, 1946, Verh. Naturforsch. Ges. Basel, 57: 127. Type locality: "Iriu", Admiralty Is. Synonymy by Zweifel, 1960, Am. Mus. Novit., 2023: 4.
English Names
Shortland Island Webbed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 98).
Giant Webbed Frog (Pikacha, Morrison, and Richards, 2008, Frogs Solomon Islands: 39).
Distribution
New Britain Island and throughout the Solomon Islands except for San Cristobal.
Comment
See accounts by Brown, 1952, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 107: 39-41, and Zweifel, 1960, Am. Mus. Novit., 2023: 4-7. Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 81, provided a brief account as did Pikacha, Morrison, and Richards, 2008, Frogs Solomon Islands: 39.
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