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Litoria meiriana (Tyler, 1969)
Hyla meiriana Tyler, 1969, Rec. S. Aust. Mus., 16: 2. Holotype: SAMA R9082, by original designation. Type locality: "rock pool 98 miles north of Mainoru, Northern Territory", Australia.
Litoria meiriana — Tyler, 1971, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 19: 353.
Mahonabatrachus meiriana — Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 5. Disagreement in gender.
English Names
Australian Cross-banded Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 59; Reynolds, 2007, N. Terr. Nat., 19: 62).
Rockhole Frog (Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 149; Reynolds, 2007, N. Terr. Nat., 19: 62; Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 76; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 48).
Skipping Frog (Reynolds, 2007, N. Terr. Nat., 19: 62).
Distribution
Northeastern Western Australia (south to Napier Range, Fossil Downs, Carson River, Dunham River Station, and Kununurra) east across northern portion of the Northern Territory as far as Arnhem Land.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Australia
Endemic: Australia
Comment
In the monotypic Litoria meiriana group of Tyler and Davies, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 27 (63): 33. Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 76, provided an account. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 48–49. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 28, provided a polygon distribution map.
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