Litoria quadrilineata Tyler and Parker, 1974

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hylidae > Subfamily: Pelodryadinae > Genus: Litoria > Species: Litoria quadrilineata

Litoria quadrilineata Tyler and Parker, 1974, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust., 98: 71. Holotype: SAMA R13489, by original designation. Type locality: "Jalan Trikora [= Tridora Road], Merauke, Irian Jaya [now Papua], New Guinea", Indonesia.

English Names

Lined Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 60).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (near Merauke, Papua, Indonesia [New Guinea]).

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Indonesia, Indonesia - Papua Region

Endemic: Indonesia, Indonesia - Papua Region

Comment

In the monotypic Litoria quadrilineata group of Tyler and Davies, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 27 (63): 40. Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 122-123, provided a brief account and who included this species in his Litoria rubella group. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 260.

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