Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Halophila vitiensis Girard, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6: 423. Syntypes: Not stated; USNM 14575-76 according to Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 49. Type locality: "Sebuka, Fiji Islands"; not locatable on any map according to Barbour, 1923, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 75: 112, who amended the type locality to "Ovalau Island", Fiji Islands on the basis of the collector's itinerary. Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 49, gave the type locality as "Sebukea (Levuka in Wilkes' narrative), Fiji Islands". Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 1104, Anonymous, 1978, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 34: 223.

Halophilus vitiensis — Girard, 1858, U.S. Explor. Exped. 1838-1842, 20: 58.

Halophila chryseus Cope, 1862, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 14: 154. Replacement name for Halophila vitiensis, thought to be preoccupied by Hylodes vitanus Duméril, according to Barbour, 1923, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 75: 112. Synonymy (with Halophilus dorsalis) by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 108.

Hylodes (Halophilus) chryseus — Cope, 1862, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 14: 154.

Cornufer intermedius Müller, 1883, Kat. Herpetol. Samml. Basler Mus., 3: 8. Reprinted as Müller, 1885, Verh. Naturforsch. Ges. Basel, 7: 277. Holotype: NHMB 1251 according to Forcart, 1946, Verh. Naturforsch. Ges. Basel, 57: 125. Type locality: "Fidji-arch." (= Fiji). Synonymy by Barbour, 1923, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 75: 113.

Cornufer vitiensis — Van Kampen, 1923, Amph. Indo-Austral. Arch.: 239. Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 49; Brown, 1965, Breviora, 218: 3.

Platymantis vitiensis — Zweifel, 1967, Copeia, 1967: 120. By reference to Brown, 1965, Breviora, 218: 2-3.

English Names

Levuka Wrinkled Ground Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 105).

Fiji Tree Frog (Morrison, 2003, Field Guide Herpetofauna Fiji: 24).

Distribution

Fiji Islands of Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Ovalau, and Taveuni, 50-800 m elevation.

Comment

Gorham, 1965, Zool. Beitr., Berlin, 11: 381-435, provided a synonymy and discussion. Morrison, 2003, Field Guide Herpetofauna Fiji: 24-25, provided an account, photograph, and map. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 630-631.

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