Hyla rhacophorus Van Kampen, 1909

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 rhacophorus Van Kampen, 1909

Holotype: ZMA 5823, according to Van Tuijl (1995). Type locality: Etna Bay , Papua Province, Indonesia .

This name is currently synonymised with L. eucnemis . We have examined the holotype, a female measuring 61.6 mm, and it agrees in all respects with the description of L. eucnemis . Our observations support the present synonymy with L. eucnemis ( Figure 4G ).

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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