Litoria rubrops Kraus and Allison, 2004

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

Litoria rubrops Kraus and Allison, 2004, Herpetologica, 60: 98. Holotype: BPBM 15767, by original designation. Type locality: "Upaelisafupi Stream, 10° 29.825′ S, 150° 13.978′ E, 700 m elevation, Cloudy Mountains, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea . . . . This locality is approximately 33 km straight-line distance SW of Alotau".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality in the Cloudy Mountains of extreme southeastern Papua New Guinea.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Papua New Guinea

Endemic: Papua New Guinea

Comment

In the Litoria nigropunctata group according to the original publication. Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 117-118, provided a brief account.

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