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Litoria coplandi (Tyler, 1968)
Hyla coplandi Tyler, 1968, Rec. S. Aust. Mus., 15: 716. Holotype: WAM R13722G, by original designation. Type locality: "Inverway Station, Northern Territory", Australia.
Litoria coplandi — Tyler, 1971, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 19: 352.
Pengilleyia coplandi — Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 6.
English Names
Saxicoline Tree Frog (Cogger, 1975, Rept. Amph. Australia: 92; Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 62).
Copland's Rock Frog (Tyler, Smith, and Johnstone, 1984, Frogs W. Aust.: 65; Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 62; Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 145; Reynolds, 2007, N. Terr. Nat., 19: 62; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 50).
Sandstone Frog (Ingram, Nattrass, and Czechura, 1993, Mem. Queensland Mus., 33: 222; Reynolds, 2007, N. Terr. Nat., 19: 62).
Saxicoline Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 59; Reynolds, 2007, N. Terr. Nat., 19: 62).
Rocky River Frog (Reynolds, 2007, N. Terr. Nat., 19: 62).
Rock Frog (Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 72).
Distribution
Northwestern Western Australia and tropical Northern Territory and extending into Queensland, Australia.
Comment
In the Litoria coplandi group of Tyler and Davies, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 27 (63): 22. See Tyler, 1968, Rec. S. Aust. Mus., 15: 711–727, who sorted out the syntypes of Litoria watjulumensis, which included some syntypes of this species. See account by Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 72. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 50–51. See Ellis, Doughty, and Roberts, 2017, Rec. W. Aust. Mus., 32: 21–22, for comments on the type series.
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