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Ranoidea insularis (Richards and Oliver, 2022)
Litoria insularis Richards and Oliver, 2022, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 72: 1068. Holotype: SAMA R64781, by original designation. Type locality: "Vouvou Camp, Nakanai Mountains, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea (5.4456°S, 151.4640°E, 850 m a.s.l.)". https://zoobank.org/82080FFF-4A4F-41FA-90C5-2A9E6CC0267F
Ranoidea insularis — Here (6 Jan 2023) to conform to the rule of monophyly.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known only from the type locality in the Nakanai Mountains in the eastern portion of the island of New Britain I., Papua New Guinea.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Papua New Guinea
Endemic: Papua New Guinea
Comment
In the Litoria thesaurensis species group (part of Ranoidea: DRF) according to the original publication where comparative morphology and advertisement call were detailed.
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