Litoria platycephala

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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 platycephala

Name

Litoria platycephala (Günther, 1873)

Type locality: "Fort Bourke", New South Wales, Australia.

Holotype: BM 1947.2.18.42.

Synonyms

Chiroleptes platycephalus Günther, 1873
Phractops platycephalus — Nieden, 1923
Cyclorana platycephalus — Parker, 1940
Cyclorana slevini Loveridge, 1950
Neophractops platycephalus — Wells and Wellington, 1985
Neophractops slevini — Wells and Wellington, 1985
Cyclorana platycephala — Duellman in Frost, 1985
Litoria (Cyclorana) platycephala — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006

References

Günther, 1873, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 4, 11: 350.
Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 362.
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 platycephala . Accessed on 28 Apr 2008.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Litoria platycephala (Least Concern) Downloaded on 27 April 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Common Water-holding Frog