Litoria congenita

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Hylidae
Subfamilia: Pelodryadinae
Genus: Litoria
Species: Litoria congenita

Name

Litoria congenita (Peters & Doria, 1878)

Type locality: "Yule Island .... Isola Yule nell' Hall Sound", Central Province, Papua New Guinea.

Syntypes: MSNG 9722 (4 specimens); MSNG 29722A.

Synonyms

• Hyla (Litoria) congenita Peters and Doria, 1878
• Hyla macgregori Ogilby, 1890
• Litoria congenita — Tyler, 1971

References

• Peters and Doria, 1878, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, 13: 427.
• Tyler, 1971, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 19: 352.
• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Litoria congenita . Accessed on 27 Apr 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Litoria congenita  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 27 April 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Yule Island Treefrog