Litoria raniformis

Litoria raniformis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Hylidae
Subfamilia: Pelodryadinae
Genus: Litoria
Species: Litoria raniformis

Name

Litoria raniformis (Keferstein, 1867)

Type locality: "New South Wales?", Australia.

Holotype: ZIUG 93h (collection now transferred to ZFMK) and presumed lost.

Synonyms

• Chirodryas raniformis Keferstein, 1867
• Hyla aurea raniformis — Parker, 1938
• Hyla aurea major Copland, 1957
• Hyla aureus raniformis — Copland, 1963
• Litoria aurea raniformis — Tyler
• Litoria raniformis — Courtice and Grigg, 1975
• Ranoidea major — Wells and Wellington, 1985
• Ranoidea raniformis — Wells and Wellington, 1985

References

Primary references

• Keferstein, 1867, Nachr. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, 18: 358.

selected references

• Courtice, G.P.; Grigg, G.C. 1975: A taxonomic revision of the Litoria aurea complex (Anura: Hylidae) in south-eastern Australia. Australian zoologist, 18(3): 149–163. abstract and pdf Reference page. 

New Zealand references

• Bell, B.D. (compiler) 2009: New Zealand living and fossil amphibians. P. 542 in:
• King, C.M., Roberts, C.D., Bell, B.D., Fordyce, R.E., Nicoll, R.S., Worthy, T.H., Paulin, C.D., Hitchmough, R.A., Keyes, I.W., Baker, A.N., Stewart, A.L., Hiller, N., McDowall, R.M., Holdaway, R.N., McPhee, R.P., Schwarzhans, W.W., Tennyson A.J.D., Rust, S. & McCadie, I. 2009. Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. Pp. 431–551 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2009. New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia. Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-877257-72-8 Reference page.  [listed]

Links

• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Litoria raniformis . Accessed on 29 Apr 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Litoria raniformis  (Endangered) Downloaded on 27 April 2008.

Vernacular names

English: blue-thighed treefrog, southern bell frog, warty swamp frog, growling grass frog