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Litoria ridibunda Donnellan, Catullo, Rowley, Doughty, Price, Hines, and Richards, 2023
Litoria ridibunda Donnellan, Catullo, Rowley, Doughty, Price, Hines, and Richards, 2023, Zootaxa, 5352: 99. Holotype: NTM R36917, by original designation. Type locality: "Channel Island Road, outer Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia (-12.58; 130.95)". Zoobank publication registration: 3F9D6C62-9F76-4663-B9E2-77EAF716C278
Common Names
Western Laughing Tree Frog (original publication).
Distribution
From the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia across Northern Australia north of about 19°S east to Mount Isa and Normanton in northwestern Queensland; apparently introduced populations in Port Hedland and Karratha in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Australia
Endemic: Australia
Comment
In the Litoria peronii group and distinguished from Litoria everetti (its sister taxon) and Litoria rothii (with which it was formerly confused) on the basis of molecular markers, color pattern, morphology, and advertisement call, according to the original publication.
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