Species Papurana daemeli (Steindachner, 1868)

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• Hylorana daemeli Steindachner, F. 1868. Über eine neue Hylorana-Art von Cap-York in Australien. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 57: 532-536 [532].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) NHMW 3244 7 specimens, Cape York, QLD; NHMW 16382 2 specimens, Cape York, QLD.
• Hylarana nebulosa Macleay, W. 1877. The batrachians of the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 135-138 [137].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (presumed lost; incorrectly attributed to QM by Moore, J.A. 1961. The frogs of eastern New South Wales. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 121: 149–386, see Covacevich, J. 1971. Amphibian and reptile type specimens in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 49–68), Cape York, QLD.
• Hyla nobilis De Vis, C.W. 1884. On a new species of Hyla. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1: 128-130 [129].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (presumed lost), Cape York, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [55]

 

Generic Combinations

• Rana daemeli (Steindachner, 1868). —
  Boulenger, G.A. 1914. An annotated list of the batrachians and reptiles collected by the British Ornithologists' Union Expedition and the Wollaston Expedition in Dutch New Guinea. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 20: 247–275 [250]
• Hylarana daemeli (Steindachner, 1868). —
  Che, J., Pang, J.-F., Zhao, H., Wu, G.-F., Zhao, E.-M. & Zhang, Y.-P. 2007. Phylogeny of Raninae (Anura: Ranidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43(1): 1–13 (by implication)
• Sylvirana daemeli (Steindachner, 1868). —
  Frost, D.R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R.H., Haas, A., Haddad, C.F.B., de Sá, R.O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S.C., Raxworthy, C.J., Campbell, J.A., Blotto, B.L., Moler, P., Drewes, R.C., Nussbaum, R.A., Lynch, J.D., Green, D.M. & Wheeler, W.C. 2006. The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 1-370 + Fig. 50 foldout [370]
• Papurana daemeli (Steindachner, 1868). —
  Oliver, L.A., Prendini, E., Kraus, F. & Raxworthy, C.J. 2015. Systematics and biogeography of the Hylarana frog (Anura: Ranidae) radiation across tropical Australasia, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 90: 176–192

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

North-eastern QLD including Cape York Peninsula, isolated population from north-eastern part of Arnhem Land, NT; also New Guinea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, nocturnal, open forest, predator, riparian, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Direct development, general carnivore.

 

General References

Zweifel, R.G. 1980. Results of the Archbold expeditions. No. 130. Frogs and lizards from the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. American Museum Novitates 165: 387-434 (taxonomy)

 

Common Name References

Barker, J., Grigg, G. & Tyler, M. 1995. A Field Guide to Australian Frogs. Chipping Norton, NSW : Surrey Beatty & Sons 1995 edn xi, 407 pp. [377] (Water Frog)

Cogger, H.G. 1975. The Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Sydney : A.H. & A.W. Reed 584 pp. [113] (Wood Frog)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	AMPHIBIA	20-Dec-2023	MODIFIED
04-Feb-2023	AMPHIBIA	24-Aug-2023	MODIFIED
28-Sep-2022	RANIDAE Batsch, 1796	31-Mar-2017	MODIFIED
31-Jan-2017		12-Feb-2015	MODIFIED
		23-Jul-2012	MODIFIED