Hyla eucnemis Lönnberg, 1900

Richards, Stephen J., Hoskin, Conrad J., Cunningham, Michael J., Mcdonald, Keith & Donnellan, Stephen C., 2010, Taxonomic re-assessment of the Australian and New Guinean green-eyed treefrogs Litoria eucnemis, L. genimaculata and L. serrata (Anura: Hylidae), Zootaxa 2391 (1), pp. 33-46 : 42

Hyla eucnemis Lönnberg, 1900 .

Two syntypes: BM 1947.2.23.87, according to Condit (1964), ZIUU (no number). Type locality: Sattelberg, Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea .

A larger species (males> 40 mm, females to at least 67 mm) with extremely pronounced dermal fringes on limbs and a large, triangular lappet on the heel. The advertisement call is a series of growls quite unlike the ticking sound produced by L. genimaculata ( Zweifel, 1980; Figure 4A ).

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FIGURE 4. Photographs in life of A) Litoria eucnemis, Muller Range, PNG, B) L. exophthalmia, Namosado, PNG, C) L. genimaculata, Waigeo Island, Indonesia, D) L. serrata, Wooroonooran National Park, Australia, and of preserved specimens of E) holotype of L. genimaculata, RMNH 4420, F) hand of L. genimaculata holotype showing extent of finger webbing, G) holotype of Hyla rhacophorus, ZMA 5823, and H) holotype of Nyctimystes loveridgei, MCZ 27823 including (below) close-up of large heel flap. All scale bars = 10 mm