Nyctimystes infrafrenatus (Günther, 1867)

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

Hyla infrafrenata Günther, 1867, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 3, 20: 56. Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.24.11 (formerly 1867.5.6.92) according to Condit, 1964, J. Ohio Herpetol. Soc., 4: 91,  and museum records; this animal illustrated by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: pl. 24, fig. 4. Type locality: "Cape York [Peninsula]", Queensland, Australia.

Calamita dolichopsis Cope, 1867, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 6: 204. Type(s): ANSP, not located. Type locality: "Amboina," Moluccas Is., Indonesia. Synonymy by Boulenger, 1912, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 15: 215; Van Kampen, 1919, Bijdr. Dierkd., 21: 52.

Pelodryas dolichopsisMeyer, 1875 "1874", Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1874: 140.

Pelodryas militarius Ramsay, 1878, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 2: 28. Holotype: AMS R5250 according to Cogger, 1979, Rec. Aust. Mus., 32: 177. Type locality: "New Ireland", Bismarck Archipelago. Synonymy by Loveridge, 1948, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 101: 404.

Litoria guttata Macleay, 1878, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 2: 137. Holotype: AMS R29956, according to Cogger, 1979, Rec. Aust. Mus., 32: 176. Considered to be in the QM by Fry, 1913, Mem. Queensland Mus., 2: 47. Type locality: "Katow" (=Mawatta), Binaturi River, near Daru, Papua New Guinea. Synonymy by Fry, 1913, Mem. Queensland Mus., 2: 49; Van Kampen, 1923, Amph. Indo-Austral. Arch.: 51.

Hyla dolichopsisBoulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 384.

Hyla infrafrenataBoulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 385.

Hyla infrataeniata Boulenger, 1885, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 5, 16: 387. Error for Hyla infrafrenata.

Hyla dolichopsis var. tenuigranulata Boettger, 1895, Zool. Anz., 18: 136. Syntypes: SMF (3 specimens); SMF 2117 designated lectotype by Mertens, 1967, Senckenb. Biol., 48(A): 41. Type locality: Halmahera and Ternate Is., Moluccas Is., Indonesia; lectotype from "Halmaheira und Ternate", Moluccas Is., Indonesia. Synonymy by Boulenger, 1912, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 15: 215.

Hyla dolichopsis var. pollicaris Werner, 1898, Zool. Anz., 21: 554. Syntypes: NHMW, BMNH; only NHMW 16864 traced by Häupl and Tiedemann, 1978, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 2: 19; other likely in ZMB. Type locality: "Ralum", New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago. Synonymy by Boulenger, 1912, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 15: 214.

Hyla dolichopsis var. calcarifera Vogt, 1912, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1912: 10. Lapsus for pollicaris, according to Zweifel, 1960, Am. Mus. Novit., 2023: 3.

Hyla spengeli Boulenger, 1912, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 15: 215. Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.23.15 (formerly 1904.3.17.15) according to Condit, 1964, J. Ohio Herpetol. Soc., 4: 95. Type locality: "Dinawa, Owen Stanley Range, British [= Papua] New Guinea". Synonymy by Loveridge, 1948, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 101: 308, 402.

Hyla militariaBoulenger, 1912, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 15: 215.

Hyla trinilensis Ahl, 1929, Zool. Anz., 85: 270. Syntypes: ZMB (3 specimens) unnumbered in the original publication. Type locality: "Trinil, Zentral-Java", Indonesia. Synonymy by Mertens, 1930, Zool. Meded., Leiden, 13: 141–150; Tyler, 1968, Zool. Verh., Leiden, 96: 104.

Hyla infralineataRensch, 1936, Geschichte Sundabogens: 244. Incorrect subsequent spelling for Hyla infrafrenata according to Tyler, 1968, Zool. Verh., Leiden, 96: 104.

Hyla spengleriLoveridge, 1948, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 101: 308, 402. Error for Hyla spengeli Boulenger, 1912.

Hyla infrafrenata militariaLoveridge, 1948, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 101: 404.

Litoria infrafrenata militariaTyler, 1971, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 19: 353.

Litoria infrafrenata infrafrenataTyler, 1971, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 19: 353.

Sandyrana infrafrenataWells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 6.

Nyctimystes infrafrenatus — Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016, Zootaxa, 4104: 39. 

English Names

New Guinea Treefrog (Cochran, 1961, Living Amph. World: 137).

Giant Tree Frog (Cogger, 1975, Rept. Amph. Australia: 97; Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 63).

White-lipped Tree Frog (Ingram, Nattrass, and Czechura, 1993, Mem. Queensland Mus., 33: 222; Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 114; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 68).

Australian Giant Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 59).

Distribution

Lowlands of New Guinea; extending westwards to the islands of Timor, Halmahera, Seram, Buru, and Talaud Island; eastwards to New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago, and south to the Aru Islands and Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia; introduced onto Java.

Comment

In the Litoria infrafrenata group of Tyler and Davies, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 27 (63): 28. In the Litoria caerulea group of Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 108. See Tyler, 1968, Zool. Verh., Leiden, 96: 104. Dessauer, Gartside, and Zweifel, 1977, Syst. Zool., 26: 426–436, and Sumida, Allison, and Nishioka, 1998, Japan. J. Herpetol., 17: 164–174, presented evidence for cryptic species under this name in New Guinea. See brief account by Menzies, 1976, Handb. Common New Guinea Frogs: 34–35. See comments by Richards, Oliver, Dahl, and Tjaturadi, 2006, Zootaxa, 1208: 57–58. Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 127–128, provided a brief account. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 68–69. Koch, Arida, Riyanto, and Böhme, 2009, Bonn. Zool. Beitr., 56: 107–129, reported the Talaud Islands records. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 26, provided a polygon distribution map for Australia (as Litoria infrafrenata).

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