Litoria

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Litoria
Litoria nasuta

Litoria nasuta

Systematics
Order : Frog (anura)
Subordination : Neobatrachia
without rank: Tree frogs (arboranae)
Family : Australian tree frogs (Pelodryadidae)
Subfamily : Litoriinae
Genre : Litoria
Scientific name of the  subfamily
Litoriinae
Dubois & Frétey , 2016
Scientific name of the  genus
Litoria
Tschudi , 1858
Litoria rubella with visible vocal sac

Litoria is the most species-rich genus of the Australian tree frogs (Pelodryadidae) and at the same time the only genus of the subfamily Litoriinae . The genus is distributed on the Australian continent including Tasmania , New Guinea , the Bismarck Archipelago , the Lesser Sunda Islands , the Solomon Islands and Timor . Species were introduced by humanson several other islands (e.g. New Caledonia , New Zealand , Guam ).

features

All species of the genus Litoria have long been part of the family of tree frogs considered and there even as the European tree frog ( Hyla arborea ) in the genus Hyla out. All species with the characteristics of the tree frogs living in Australia and New Guinea were later placed in the genus Litoria .

Many species were transferred from the genus Litoria to other genera for phylogenetic reasons, for example to the genera Nyctimystes and Ranoidea from the subfamily Pelodryadinae within the family of the Australian tree frogs.

Systematics

In current systematic reviews, 93 species are assigned to the genus Litoria .

As of April 14, 2020

Individual evidence

  1. Alain & T. Dubois Frétey: A new noun for a subfamily of frogs (Amphibia, Anura). Dumerilia. 6, pp. 17-23, Paris 2016
  2. ^ Darrel R. Frost: Litoria Tschudi, 1838 . In: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference . Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York 1998–2019. Retrieved August 5, 2019

Web links

Commons : Litoria  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Darrel R. Frost: Litoria Tschudi, 1838 . In: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference . Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York 1998–2019. Retrieved August 5, 2019