Litoria

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: L. adelaidensis – L. albolabris – L. amnicola – L. amboinensis – L. andiirrmalin – L. angiana – L. arfakiana – L. aruensis – L. auae – L. aurea – L. aurifera – L. axillaris – L. barringtonensis – L. becki – L. bella – L. biakensis – L. bibonius – L. bicolor – L. booroolongensis – L. brevipalmata – L. brongersmai – L. bulmeri – L. burrowsae – L. caerulea – L. capitula – L. castanea – L. cavernicola – L. chloris – L. chloronota – L. chrisdahli – L. citropa – L. congenita – L. contrastens – L. cooloolensis – L. coplandi – L. corbeni – L. cyclorhyncha – L. dahlii – L. darlingtoni – L. daviesae – L. dentata – L. dorsalis – L. dorsivena – L. dux – L. electrica – L. elkeae – L. eschata – L. eucnemis – L. everetti – L. ewingii – L. exophthalmia – L. fallax – L. flavescens – L. freycineti – L. gasconi – L. genimaculata – L. gilleni – L. gracilenta – L. graminea – L. havina – L. hilli – L. humboldtorum – L. hunti – L. impura – L. inermis – L. infrafrenata – L. iris – L. jervisiensis – L. jeudii – L. jungguy – L. kuduki – L. kumae – L. latopalmata – L. lesueurii – L. leucova – L. littlejohni – L. longicrus – L. longirostris – L. lorica – L. louisiadensis – L. lutea – L. macki – L. majikthise – L. megalops – L. meiriana – L. microbelos – L. micromembrana – L. mira – L. modica – L. moorei – L. mucro – L. multicolor – L. multiplica – L. myola – L. mystax – L. nannotis – L. napaea – L. nasuta – L. nigrofrenata – L. nigropunctata – L. nudidigita – L. nullicedens – L. nyakalensis – L. obtusirostris – L. oenicolen – L. ollauro – L. olongburensis – L. pallida – L. pallidofemora – L. paraewingi – L. pearsoniana – L. peronii – L. personata – L. phyllochroa – L. pinocchio – L. piperata – L. pratti – L. pronimia – L. prora – L. pterodactyla – L. purpureolata – L. pygmaea – L. quadrilineata – L. raniformis – L. rara – L. revelata – L. rheocola – L. richardsi – L. rivicola – L. rostandi – L. rothii – L. rubella – L. rubrops – L. sanguinolenta – L. sauroni – L. scabra – L. serrata – L. singadanae – L. spartacus – L. spenceri – L. spinifera – L. splendida – L. staccato – L. subglandulosa – L. thesaurensis – L. timida – L. tornieri – L. tyleri – L. umarensis – L. umbonata – L. vagabunda – L. verae – L. verreauxii – L. vivissimia – L. vocivincens – L. wapogaensis – L. watjulumensis – L. wilcoxii – L. wisselensis – L. wollastoni – L. xanthomera

Species group Cyclorana: L. alboguttata – L. australis – L. brevipes – L. cryptotis – L. cultripes – L. longipes – L. maculosa – L. maini – L. manya – L. novaehollandiae – C. occidentalis – L. platycephala – L. vagitus – L. verrucosa

Species group Nyctimystes (Note: some authorities consider this group as a separate genus): L. avocalis – L. cheesmanae – L. dayi – L. daymani – L. disrupta – L. fluviatilis – L. foricula – L. granti – L. gularis – L. humeralis – L. kubori – L. michaeltyleri – L. montana – L. narinosa – L. obsoleta – L. oktediensis – L. papua – L. perimetri – L. persimilis – L. pulchra – L. rueppelli – L. semipalmata – L. trachydermis – L. zweifeli

Name

Litoria Tschudi, 1838

Type species: Litoria freycineti Tschudi, 1838

Synonyms

Litoria Tschudi, 1838
Ranoidea Tschudi, 1838
Lepthyla Duméril and Bibron, 1841
Dryopsophus Fitzinger, 1843
Euscelis Fitzinger, 1843
Pelobius Fitzinger, 1843
Polyphone Gistel, 1848
Chiroleptes Günther, 1859
Pelodryas Günther, 1859
Cyclorana Steindachner, 1867
Phractops Peters, 1867
Chirodryas Keferstein, 1867
Hylomantis Peters, 1880
Dryomantis Peters, 1882
Mitrolysis Cope, 1889
Cheiroleptes — Spencer, 1901
Nyctimystes Stejneger, 1916
Coggerdonia Wells and Wellington, 1985
Colleeneremia Wells and Wellington, 1985
Brendanura Wells and Wellington, 1985
Neophractops Wells and Wellington, 1985
Llewellynura Wells and Wellington, 1985
Mahonabatrachus Wells and Wellington, 1985
Mosleyia Wells and Wellington, 1985
Pengilleyia Wells and Wellington, 1985
Rawlinsonia Wells and Wellington, 1985
Saganura Wells and Wellington, 1985
Sandyrana Wells and Wellington, 1985

References

Anstis, M., Tyler, M.J., Roberts, J.D. , Price, L.C. & Doughty, P. 2010. A new species of Litoria (Anura: Hylidae) with a highly distinctive tadpole from the north-western Kimberley region of Western Australia. Zootaxa 2550(1): 39–57. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2550.1.3 ; ResearchGate Reference page.
Anstis, M., Price, L., Roberts, J.D., Catalano, S.R., Hines, H.B., Doughty, P. & Donnellan, S.C. 2016. Revision of the water-holding frogs, Cyclorana platycephala (Anura: Hylidae), from arid Australia, including a description of a new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 451–479. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.4.1. Reference page.
Kraus, F. 2018. Taxonomy of Litoria graminea (Anura: Hylidae), with descriptions of two closely related new species. Zootaxa 4457(2): 264–284. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.2.3 Reference page.
Oliver, P.M., Richards, S.J. & Donnellan, S.C. 2019. Two new species of treefrog (Pelodrydidae: Litoria) from southern New Guinea elucidated by DNA barcoding. Zootaxa 4609(3): 469–484. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.3.4 Reference page.
Tschudi, J.J. 1838. Classification der Batrachier mit Berücksichtigung der fossilen Thiere dieser Abtheilung der Reptilien. Neuchâtel: Petitpierre.
Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Litoria. Access date 27 Apr. 2008. Online.
Frost, D.R. et al. The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History] 297 (2006). hdl: 2246/5781
McDonald, K.R., Rowley, J.J.L., Richards, S.J. & Frankham, G.J. 2016. A new species of treefrog (Litoria) from Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Zootaxa 4171(1): 153–169. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4171.1.6 Reference page.
Oliver, P.M., Günther, R., Mumpuni & Richards, S.J. 2019. Systematics of New Guinea treefrogs (Litoria: Pelodryadidae) with erectile rostral spikes: an extended description of Litoria pronimia and a new species from the Foja Mountains. Zootaxa 4604(2): 335–348. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4604.2.6 Reference page.
Richards, S.J., Oliver, P.M., Krey, K. & Tjaturadi, B. 2009. A new species of Litoria (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) from the foothills of the Foja Mountains, Papua Province, Indonesia. Zootaxa 2277: 1–13. Abstract & excerpt (PDF).
Richards, S.J., Hoskin, C.J., Cunningham, M., McDonald, K. & Donnellan, S.C. 2010. Taxonomic re-assessment of the Australian and New Guinean green-eyed treefrogs Litoria eucnemis, L. genimaculata and L. serrata (Anura: Hylidae). Zootaxa 2391: 33–46. Preview (PDF).
Kraus, F. 2012. Identity of Nyctimystes cheesmani (Anura: Hylidae), with description of two new related species. Zootaxa 3493: 1–26. Preview Reference page.
Hoskin, C.J., Hines, H.B., Meyer, E., Clarke, J. & Cunningham, M. 2013. A new treefrog (Hylidae: Litoria) from Kroombit Tops, east Australia, and an assessment of conservation status. Zootaxa 3646(4): 426–446. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.4.6 Reference page.

Vernacular names

العربية: ضفادع الشجر الأسترالية
Deutsch: Australische Laubfrösche
English: Australiasian treefrogs
עברית: ליטוריה
日本語: アメガエル属
lietuvių: Australinės kvaksės
русский: Австралийские квакши
українська: Австралійська райка
中文: 雨濱蛙屬

External links

Litoria – Taxon details on Atlas of Living Australia (ALA).
Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)
BHL bibliography
Litoria – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Litoria.
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