Palmatorappia solomonis (Sternfeld, 1920)
Hylella solomonis Sternfeld, 1920, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 36: 436. Syntypes: SMF (3 specimens); SMF 6601 designated lectotype by Mertens, 1967, Senckenb. Biol., 48(A): 44. Type locality: "Inneres von Buka, Deutsche Salomonen" (= Buka Island, Solomon Islands).
Palmatorappia solomonis — Ahl, 1927 "1926", Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1926: 114.
Hypsirana heffernani Kinghorn, 1928, Rec. Aust. Mus., 16: 130. Holotype: AMS R8619, by original designation. Type locality: "Tunabuli Harbour, Ysabel Island", Solomon Islands. Synonymy by Brown, 1952, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 107: 44.
English Names
Solomon Island Palm Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 103).
Distribution
Buka, Bougainville, Choiseul, and Santa Isabel Islands in the Solomon Islands, below 250 m elevation, but probably more widely distributed.
Comment
See account by Brown, 1952, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 107: 44-45. Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 83, provided a brief account as did Pikacha, Morrison, and Richards, 2008, Frogs Solomon Islands: 43-44. 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: 493.
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