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Litoria watjulumensis

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 watjulumensis

Name

Litoria watjulumensis (Copland, 1957)

Type locality: "Napier, Broom Bay, W[estern]. A[ustralia].", "Watjulum [= Wotjulum] Mission, W[estern]. A[ustralia.], "Thompson's Spring, Argyle Station", Western Australia, "Kimberley Division", Western Australia.

Syntypes: WAM R6011 R10491, R10499, and R10501 (Napier), R 8733-34 (Thompson's Spring, Argyle Station), R.11195-99, 11633-35, 11638, 11896-907, 11932-39 (Watjulum Mission), MCZ 18000 (Kimberley Division)..

Synonyms

* Hyla latopalmata watjulumensis Copland, 1957
* Hyla spaldingi Hosmer, 1964
* Hyla wotjulumensis — Tyler, 1968
* Litoria wotjulumensis — Tyler, 1971
* Litoria spaldini — Wells and Wellington, 1985
* Litoria wotjulumensis — Wells and Wellington, 1985


References

* Copland, 1957, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 82: 13, 96.
* Tyler, 1971, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 19: 355.
* 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 watjulumensis . Accessed on 29 Apr 2008.
* 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Litoria watjulumensis (Least Concern) Downloaded on 27 April 2008.


Vernacular names
English: Watjulum Mission Treefrog

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