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Ranoidea splendida (Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1977)
Litoria splendida Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1977, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust., 101: 133. Holotype: WAM R56840, by original designation. Type locality: "Lake Argyle Tourist Village, Kimberley Division, northern Western Australia".
Pelodryas splendida — Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 6; Savage, 1986, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 99: 43.
Dryopsophus splendidus — Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016, Zootaxa, 4104: 40.
Ranoidea splendida — Dubois and Frétey, 2016, Dumerilia, 6: 21.
Common Names
Magnificent Tree Frog (Tyler, Smith, and Johnstone, 1984, Frogs W. Aust.: 75; Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 64; Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 116; Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 83; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 44; Cogger, 2018, Rept. Amph. Australia, 7th ed.: 190).
Splendid Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 61; Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 83).
Distribution
Kimberley Divison of Western Australia (south to Kimbolton, Napier Downs, and Purnululu National Park) and adjacent Northern Territory (Keep River National Park), Australia.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Australia
Endemic: Australia
Comment
In the Litoria caerulea group of Tyler and Davies, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 27 (63): 19. See account by Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 83. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 44–45. See Ellis, Doughty, and Roberts, 2017, Rec. W. Aust. Mus., 32: 22–25, for comments on the type series. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 32, provided a polygon distribution map (as Litoria splendida). Cogger, 2018, Rept. Amph. Australia, 7th ed.: 186–187, provided a brief account (as Litoria splendida), photograph, and polygon distribution map
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