Litoria aurifera Anstis, Tyler, Roberts, Price, and Doughty, 2010

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

Litoria aurifera Anstis, Tyler, Roberts, Price, and Doughty, 2010, Zootaxa, 2550: 41. Holotype: WAM R169913, by original designation. Type locality: "a creek near Bachsten Creek, Prince Regent River Nature Reserve, Western Australia (elevation 343 m; 15° 59′ 18.2″ S, 125° 19′ 38.1″ E)".

English Names

Kimberley Rockhole Frog (original publication).

Distribution

Region including Prince Regent River Nature Reserve and south for about 60 km, Kimberley region of Western Australia.

Comment

Most similar to Litoria meiriana according to the original publication. See Ellis, Doughty, and Roberts, 2017, Rec. W. Aust. Mus., 32: 24, for comments on the type series. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 21, provided a polygon distribution map. 

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