Litoria amboinensis

Litoria amboinensis

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 amboinensis

Name

Litoria amboinensis (Horst, 1883)

• Syntypes: RMNH 4418 (Amboina, 2 specimens), 4419 (Misool).
• Type locality: “Amboina” and “Misool”, Moluccas, Indonesia.

Combinations

• Hyla amboinensis Horst, 1883: 239 [original combination]
• Nyctimystes amboinensis — Brongersma, 1953: 579 [subsequent combination]
• Hyla amboinensis — Zweifel, 1958: 42 [subsequent combination]
• Litoria amboinensis — Tyler, 1971: 352 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Hyla papuensis Werner, 1901: 99
• Hyla kampeni Barbour, 1908: 324

References

Primary references

• Horst, R. 1883. On new and little-known frogs from the Malayan Archipelago. Notes from the Leyden Museum 5(4): 235–244. PDF Reference page. 
• Tyler. 1971. Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. 19.

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2020. IUCN: Litoria amboinensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T55706A151989095. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55706A151989095.en. Accessed on 14 October 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Horst's Treefrog

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