Viridihyla multiplica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Viridihyla
Species: Viridihyla multiplica

Name

Viridihyla multiplica (Tyler, 1964)

• Holotype: AMNH 66854.
• Type locality: “Kassam, elevation 4500 feet, Kratke Mountains, Eastern Highlands [Province], Australian Trusteeship Territory of New Guinea [now Papua New Guinea]”.

Combinations

• Hyla multiplica Tyler, 1964: 2 [original combination]
• Litoria multiplica — Tyler, 1971: 354 [subsequent combination]
• Viridihyla multiplica — Richards, Mahony & Donnellan in Donnellan, Mahony, Esquerré, Brennan, Price, Lemmon, Lemmon, Günther, Monis, Bertozzi, Keogh, Shea & Richards, 2025: 72 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Tyler, M.J. 1964. Results of the Archbold Expedition. No. 85. A new hylid frog from the Eastern Highlands of new Guinea. American Museum Novitates 2187: 1–6. hdl: 2246/3362
• Donnellan, S.C., Mahony, M.J., Esquerré, D., Brennan, I.G., Price, L.C., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M., Günther, R., Monis, P., Bertozzi, T., Keogh, J.S., Shea, G.M. & Richards, S.J. 2025. Phylogenomics informs a generic revision of the Australo-Papuan treefrogs (Anura: Pelodryadidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 204(2): zlaf015. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf015 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2020. IUCN: Viridihyla multiplica  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T55739A152545134. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55739A152545134.en. Accessed on 02 September 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Kassam Treefrog