Rana semelvella Menzies 1987: 395

Shea, Glenn M. & Kraus, Fred, 2007, A list of herpetological type specimens in the collections of the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery and University of Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 1514 (1), pp. 37-60 : 42

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1514.1.2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17856989

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1B4B8799-FFF2-0A18-DECD-08C4FEB293B8

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Rana semelvella Menzies 1987: 395
status

 

Rana semelvella Menzies 1987: 395 View in CoL .

Paratype: PNGM A22321 View Materials (formerly A13489 View Materials ), Bainyik, Wewak, East Sepik Province, PNG ( F. Parker, 20.xi.1976) .

Remarks: Type series consists of 117 specimens, 47 males and 70 females ( Menzies 1987: 395), although registration numbers for 49 males and 76 females were cited ( Menzies 1987: 416, 418). Holotype in UPNG, remaining paratypes in AMNH, BMNH, RMNH, UPNG, USNM, ZMA, ZMB. Description did not indicate the locality for this specimen, which is in good condition. This species was synonymised with Rana papua Lesson (1830) by Menzies (1992).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Ranidae

Genus

Rana

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