Species Litoria dayi (Günther, 1897)

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• Hyla dayi Günther, A. 1897. Description of new species of lizards and of a tree frog from north-eastern Queensland. Novitates Zoologicae 4: 403-406 [406] [name placed in species incertae sedis by Cogger, H., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia. pp. 1–56 in Walton, D.W. (ed). Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 1. Amphibia and Reptilia. Netley, South Australia : Griffin Press Ltd vi 313 pp. (260)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH (presumed lost), Bartle Frere Mts.

  Secondary source:

   Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp.
• Nyctimystes hosmeri Tyler, M.J. 1964. Two new species of Australian frogs of the hylid genus Nyctimystes. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 88: 111-114 [111, fig. 1 pl. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 65538, Tully Falls, Cape York Peninsula, QLD.
• Hyla tympanocryptis Andersson, L.G. 1916. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 9. Batrachians from Queensland. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm ns 52: 1-20 [19, figs 7a-e].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM 1649, Malanda, N QLD.
• Nyctimystes vestigia Tyler, M.J. 1964. Two new species of Australian frogs of the hylid genus Nyctimystes. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 88: 111-114 [113].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHMW 17187, Mt Bartle Frere, Cape York Peninsula, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Czechura, G.V., Ingram, G.J. & Liem, D.S. 1987. The genus Nyctimystes (Anura: Hylidae) in Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 39(5): 333-338

 

Generic Combinations

• Nyctimystes dayi (Günther, 1897). —
  Cogger, H.G. 1992. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 5, 775 pp. [with revised Appendix] [158]
• Litoria dayi (Günther, 1897). —
  Kraus, F. 2013. Morphological data show that Hyla dayi Günther, 1897 (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) should never have been assigned to Nyctimystes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 56(2): 581-587

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, arthropod-feeder, closed forest, nocturnal, predator, riparian.

 

General References

Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. (all as individual valid species in Nyctimystes)

Czechura, G.V., Ingram, G.J. & Liem, D.S. 1987. The genus Nyctimystes (Anura: Hylidae) in Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 39(5): 333-338

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Feb-2023	AMPHIBIA	08-Dec-2022	MODIFIED
31-Jan-2017	ANURA Fischer von Waldheim, 1813	22-Oct-2020	MODIFIED
31-Jan-2017		31-Oct-2013	MOVED
31-Jan-2017		16-Oct-2013	MODIFIED
		23-Jul-2012	MODIFIED