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Litoria sibilus Parkin, Rowley, Elliott-Tate, Mahony, Sumner, Melville, and Donnellan, 2024
Litoria sibilus Parkin, Rowley, Elliott-Tate, Mahony, Sumner, Melville, and Donnellan, 2024, Zootaxa, 5406: 28. Holotype: SAMA R37403 (tissue voucher ABTC33479), by original designation. Type locality: "1.5 km NW Rocky River, Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia (35.94ºS, 136.73ºE)". Zoobank publication registration: 10765250-45BD-4988-A91C-158BE19F9E55
Common Names
Kangaroo Island Tree Frog (original publication).
Distribution
Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Australia
Endemic: Australia
Comment
Formerly confused with Litoria ewingii, but the sister taxon of Litoria calliscelis, according to the original publication where comparative morphology, advertisement call, and molecular markers (mtDNA only) were detailed. Elliott-Tate and Rowley, 2024, Aust. J. Zool., 72(ZO23026): 1–13, reported on variation in the advertisement call as part of a comparative study of the species in the Litoria ewingii complex.
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