Nyctimystes cheesmani

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

Familia: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Nyctimystes
Species: Nyctimystes cheesmani

Name

Nyctimystes cheesmani (Tyler, 1964)

• Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.24.31 (formerly 1935.3.9.176).
• Type locality: “Mondo, Papua (5000 ft.)”, Central Province, Papua New Guinea.

Combinations

• Nyctimystes cheesmani Tyler, 1964: 268 [nomen novum pro Nyctimystes montana Parker, 1936]
• Nyctimystes cheesmanae — Menzies, 1976: 45 [unjustified emendation]
• Litoria cheesmanae — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006: 3662 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Nyctimystes montana Parker, 1936: 80 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Hyla montana Peters & Doria, 1878]
  • Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.24.31 (formerly 1935.3.9.176).
  • Type locality: “Mondo, Papua (5000 ft.)”.

References

Primary references

• Parker, H.W. 1936. A collection of reptiles and amphibians from the mountains of British New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 10 17: 66–93.
• Tyler, M.J. 1964. An investigation of the systematic position and synonymy of Hyla montana Peters and Doria (Anura, Hylidae). Zoologische Abhandlungen. Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 27: 265–270.
• Frost, D.R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R.H., Haas, A., Haddad, C.F.B., de Sá, R.O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S.C., Raxworthy, C.J., Campbell, J.A., Blotto, B.L., Moler, P.E., Drewes, R.C., Nussbaum, R.A., Lynch, J.D., Green, D.M. & Wheeler, W.C. 2006. The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 1–370. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/5781 . Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2020. IUCN: Nyctimystes cheesmani  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T74621734A74621744. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T74621734A74621744.en. Accessed on 02 September 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Cheesman's Big-eyed Treefrog