Nyctimystes intercastellus Kraus, 2012

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

Nyctimystes intercastellus Kraus, 2012, Zootaxa, 3493: 14. Holotype: BPBM 17938, by original designation. Type locality: "along stream SE of Sewa Bay, 10.0406° S, 150.9826° E, 120 m, Normanby Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea".

Litoria intercastellaFrost, 2013, Amph. Spec. World, Vers. 5.6. Reflecting status of Nyctimystes as a synonym of Litoria at the time (see Litoria account).

Nyctimystes intercastellus — Kraus, 2013, Mem. Queensland Mus., 56 : 581-587, by implication. 

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Fergusson, Goodenough, and Normanby islands of the D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Papua New Guinea.

Comment

Closely related to Nyctimystes cheesmani according to the original publication. Menzies, 2014, Alytes, 30: 42-68, discussed this species and placed it in his Nyctimystes cheesmani group. 

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