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Litoria becki

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 becki

Name

Litoria becki (Loveridge, 1945)

Type locality: "taken among rocks beside a brook in the forest on Mt. Wilhelm, 7,500-10,000 feet, Bismarck Range, Madang Division", Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea.

Holotype: MCZ 25900.

Synonyms

* Hyla becki Loveridge, 1945
* Litoria becki — Tyler, 1971


References

* Loveridge, 1945, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 58: 53.
* 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 becki . Accessed on 27 Apr 2008.
* 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Litoria becki (Vulnerable) Downloaded on 27 April 2008.


Vernacular names
English: Beck's Treefrog

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