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Litoria hastula Oliver, Iskandar, and Richards, 2023
Litoria hastula Oliver, Iskandar, and Richards, 2023, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 73: 128. Holotype: MZB Amph.32873, by original designation. Type locality: "~2090 m altitude, unnamed mountain range, Derewo River Basin, Papua Province, Indonesia, (3.4416°S, 136.4738°E)". https://zoobank.org/act/5492FB0B-D70C-4620-86BB- 8CF7BB1092D9
English Names
None noted
Distribution
Known only from the type locality (~2090 m elevation, 3.4416°S, 136.4738°E, Derewo River Basin, Papua Province, Indonesia), but assumed to be more widely distributed.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Indonesia, Indonesia - Papua Region
Endemic: Indonesia, Indonesia - Papua Region
Comment
Inclusion in Litoria (as opposed to the genera recognized by Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016, Zootaxa, 4104: 1–109) by implication of the tree topology presented in Richards, Tjaturadi, Krey, and Donnellan, 2021, in Telnov et al. (eds.), Biodivers. Biogeography & Nat. Conserv. Wallacea & New Guinea, 4: 19–33, and statement in the original publication that this species is similar to Litoria dorsivena. Comparative morphology, advertisement call, molecular markers, and habitat detailed in the original publication.
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