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Litoria contrastens

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 contrastens

Name

Litoria contrastens (Tyler, 1968)

Type locality: "Barabuna", near Kundiawa, eastern mountains, Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea.

Holotype: SAMA R5845.

Synonyms

* Hyla contrastens Tyler, 1968
* Litoria contrastens — Tyler, 1971


References

* Tyler, 1968, Zool. Verh., Leiden, 96: 72.
* 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 contrastens . Accessed on 27 Apr 2008.
* 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Litoria contrastens (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 27 April 2008.


Vernacular names
English: Barabuna Treefrog

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