Litoria watjulumensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Litoria watjulumensis (Copland, 1957)

Lectotype: WAM R11896, adult ♀, collected by A.M. Douglas. [designated by Donnellan et al. (2021: 220)]
Type locality: “Napier, Broom Bay, W[estern]. A[ustralia].”, “Watjulum [= Wotjulum] Mission, W[estern]. A[ustralia.]”, “Thompson's Spring, Argyle Station”, Western Australia, “Kimberley Division”, Western Australia, restricted to “Watjulum [= Wotjulum] Mission, W[estern]. A[ustralia.]” by lectotype designation.
Paralectotypes: WAM R6011 R10491, R10499, and R10501 (Napier), R 8733-34 (Thompson's Spring, Argyle Station), R.11195-99, 11633-35, 11638, 11897-907, 11932-39 (Watjulum Mission), MCZ 18000 (Kimberley Division).

Hyla latopalmata watjulumensis Copland, 1957: 13, 96 [original combination, as subspecies]
Hyla wotjulumensis — Tyler, 1968: 713 [subsequent combination, elevated to species, incorrect subsequent spelling]
Litoria wotjulumensis — Tyler, 1971: 355 [subsequent combination, incorrect subsequent spelling]

Copland, S.J. 1957. Australian tree frogs of the genus Hyla. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 82: 9–108.
Donnellan, S.C., Catalano, S.R., Pederson, S., Mitchell, K.J., Suhendran, A., Price, L.C., Doughty, P. & Richards, S.J. 2021. Revision of the Litoria watjulumensis (Anura: Pelodryadidae) group from the Australian monsoonal tropics, including the resurrection of L. spaldingi. Zootaxa 4933(2): 211–240. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4933.2.3 Reference page.

IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2022. IUCN: Litoria watjulumensis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T197794510A78451373. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T197794510A78451373.en. Accessed on 28 August 2025.