- Amphibian Species of the World on social media
- What is the right name?
- Curator's blog
- Running log of additions and changes, 2023
- Logs of changes and additions, 2014–2022
- How to cite
- How to use
- History of the project, 1980 to 2023
- Comments on amphibian taxonomy relating to versions 3.0 to 6.2 (2004 to 2023)
- Scientific Nomenclature and Its Discontents
- Structure of the taxonomic records
- Contributors and reviewers for Amphibian Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (1985)
- Contributors, online editions
- Versions
- Museum abbreviations
- Links to useful amphibian systematic, conservation, collection management, informational, and/or regional sites
- Links to useful FREE library sites
- Copyright and terms of use
Litoria latopalmata Günther, 1867
Litoria latopalmata Günther, 1867, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 3, 20: 55. Syntypes: BMNH 1947.2.24.27–28 (formerly 64.10.27.47–48) according to Condit, 1964, J. Ohio Herpetol. Soc., 4: 91. Type locality: "Port Denison" (= Port Bowen), Queensland, Australia.
Hyla latopalmata — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 414.
Hyla palmata — Slevin, 1955, Proc. California Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 28: 383. Error for Hyla latopalmata.
Litoria latopalmata — Tyler, 1971, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 19: 393. Tyler, 1978, Amph. S. Aust.: 41.
English Names
Broad-palmed Frog (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 63; Ingram, Nattrass, and Czechura, 1993, Mem. Queensland Mus., 33: 222; Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 67; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 42).
Günther's Frog (Moore, 1961, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 121: 298).
Australian Variable Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 59).
Distribution
Eastern Queensland, New South Wales, and northeastern South Australia, Australia.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Australia
Endemic: Australia
Comment
See Tyler, 1978, Amph. S. Aust.: 41–42, for account and Davies, Martin, and Watson, 1983, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust., 107: 87–108, for definition of species. In the Litoria latopalmata group of Tyler and Davies, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 27 (63): 29. In the Litoria lesueuri complex, Litoria brevipalmata group, according to Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 59). See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 42–43. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 27, provided a polygon distribution map.
External links:
Please note: these links will take you to external websites not affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History. We are not responsible for their content.
- For additional sources of general information from other websites search Google
- For access to relevant technical literature search Google Scholar
- For images search CalPhoto Images and Google Images
- To search the NIH genetic sequence database, see GenBank
- For additional information see AmphibiaWeb report
- For information on conservation status and distribution see the IUCN Redlist
- For information on distribution, habitat, and conservation see the Map of Life
- For related information on conservation and images as well as observation see iNaturalist
- For access to available specimen data for this species, from over 350 scientific collections, go to Vertnet.