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Litoria nasuta

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 nasuta

Name

Litoria nasuta (Gray, 1842)

Type locality: "North coast of Australia; Port Essington", Northern Territory, Australia.

Holotype: BM 1947.2.22.81 (formerly 1936.12.3.192).

Synonyms

* Pelodytes nasutus Gray, 1842
* Litoria nasuta — Günther, 1859
* Hyla (Litoria) nasula Keferstein, 1868
* Hyla nasuta — Boulenger, 1882
* Hyla peninsulae De Vis, 1884
* Hyla semoni Boettger, 1894
* Litoria nasuta — Tyler, 1971
* Litoria peninsulae — Wells and Wellington, 1985


References

* Gray, 1842, Zool. Misc., Part 2: 56.
* Tyler, 1971, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 19: 354.
* 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 nasuta . Accessed on 28 Apr 2008.
* 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Litoria nasuta (Least Concern) Downloaded on 27 April 2008.


Vernacular names
English: Australian Rocket Frog

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