Nyctimystes multicolor (Günther, 2004)

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

Litoria multicolor Günther, 2004, Mitt. Mus. Naturkd. Berlin, Zool., 80: 252. Holotype: ZMB 62137, by original designation. Type locality: "on the main ridge of the Wondiwoi Mts. at the base of the Wandammen Peninsula, about 10 km west of the Umar Bay coast, 2° 56′ S, 134° 36′ E, Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), Indonesia".

"Litoria" multicolor — Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016, Zootaxa, 4104: 39. Incertae sedis within Pelodryadidae. 

Nyctimystes multicolor — Here 13 January 2021, by implication of the statement by Oliver, Günther, Tjaturadi, and Richards, 2021, Zootaxa, 4903: 117, that Litoria multicolor is a member of the "Litoria" infrafrenata group (actually part of Nyctimystes if one is interested in monophyly-DRF).

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Undisturbed mossy rainforest at ca. 950 m elevation at the type locality on the main ridge of the Wondiwoi Mountains at the base of the Wandammen Peninsula, about 10 km west of the Umar Bay coast, 2° 56′ S, 134° 36′ E, Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), Indonesia.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Indonesia, Indonesia - Papua Region

Endemic: Indonesia, Indonesia - Papua Region

Comment

Explicitly not assigned to species group in the original publication, although in addendum suggesting a close relationship with Litoria sanguinolenta. Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 128-129, provided a brief account.

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