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Litoria congenita

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Subordo: Neobatrachia
Familia: Hylidae
Subfamilia: Pelodryadinae
Genus: Litoria
Species: Litoria congenita

Name

Litoria congenita (Peters & Doria, 1878)

Type locality: "Yule Island .... Isola Yule nell' Hall Sound", Central Province, Papua New Guinea.

Syntypes: MSNG 9722 (4 specimens); MSNG 29722A.

Synonyms

* Hyla (Litoria) congenita Peters and Doria, 1878
* Hyla macgregori Ogilby, 1890
* Litoria congenita — Tyler, 1971


References

* Peters and Doria, 1878, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, 13: 427.
* Tyler, 1971, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 19: 352.
* Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Litoria congenita . Accessed on 27 Apr 2008.
* 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Litoria congenita (Least Concern) Downloaded on 27 April 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Yule Island Treefrog

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