Nyctimystes granti (Boulenger, 1914)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hylidae > Subfamily: Pelodryadinae > Genus: Nyctimystes > Species: Nyctimystes granti

Nyctimantis granti Boulenger, 1914, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, 20: 249. Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.24.47 (formerly 1913.11.1.151) according to Condit, 1964, J. Ohio Herpetol. Soc., 4: 96. Type locality: "Camp VIa, Utakwa [= Octakwa] R., 3000 ft.", Papua (New Guinea), Indonesia.

Nyctimystes grantiParker, 1936, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 10, 17: 77; Kraus, 2013, Mem. Queensland Mus., 56 : 581–587, by implication. 

Litoria grantiFrost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 362.

English Names

Grant's Big-eyed Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 61).

Distribution

Known from the type locality on the Utakwa River, Eipomek (Papua, Indonesia) and the upper Fly River Catchment (Papua New Guinea).

Comment

For discussion see Zweifel, 1958, Am. Mus. Novit., 1896: 13. Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 163, provided a brief account.

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.