Nyctimystes bivocalis Kraus, 2012

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hylidae > Subfamily: Pelodryadinae > Genus: Nyctimystes > Species: Nyctimystes bivocalis

Nyctimystes bivocalis Kraus, 2012, Zootaxa, 3493: 7. Holotype: BPBM 15201, by original designation. Type locality: "along Upaelisafupi Stream, 10.4971° S, 150.2330° E, 715 m elevation, Cloudy Mountains, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea".

Litoria bivocalisFrost, 2013, Amph. Spec. World, Vers. 5.6. Reflecting status of Nyctimystes as a synonym of Litoria at the time (see Litoria account).

Nyctimystes bivocalis — Kraus, 2013, Mem. Queensland Mus., 56 : 581-587, by implication. 

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Cloudy Mountains and the southernmost extent of the Owen Stanley Range west of Alotau, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Papua New Guinea

Endemic: Papua New Guinea

Comment

Closely related to Nyctimystes cheesmani according to the original publication. Menzies, 2014, Alytes, 30: 42-68, discussed this species and placed it in his Nyctimystes cheesmani group. 

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