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<figureCitation id="EB1F606280DF0BA2B48F4D2D0474EB97" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. In-life images of Litoria kikori sp. nov.: A adult female paratype (SAMA R 72337) from Bifo Creek, Papua New Guinea; B adult male paratype (SAMA R 72336) from Bifo Creek, Papua New Guinea; C adult male, unvouchered specimen from Libano Sok, Papua New Guinea. All photographs by Stephen Richards." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080911">Figures 1</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="3DC6891C588BDAA1687EB75C4690DF23" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Detailed comparisons of Litoria kikori sp. nov. and L. spartacus: A dorsal views of L. spartacus (top) and L. kikori sp. nov. (bottom) holotypes; B comparisons of underside of fingers, showing wider discs and rounded subarticular tubercle on finger 4 in holotype of L. spartacus (left) versus narrower pads and bilobed tubercle on finger 4 on holotype of L. kikori sp. nov. (right); C orange groin and lower shanks of L. spartacus from Moro, Papua New Guinea; and unpigmented or, at most, slightly purplish groin and shanks on L. kikori sp. nov.; D holotype; E paratype SAMA R 72337. All photographs by Stephen Richards." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080912">2 A, B, D, E</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="B5B423D514D97B7F1323922AE0F140ED" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Details of the holotype (SAMA R 69990) of Litoria kikori sp. nov.: A dorsal view of head; B lateral view of head; C dorsal view of hindlimbs and dorsolateral view of hidden surfaces of thighs; D hand; E foot. Scale bar = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080913">3</figureCitation>
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on
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<paragraph id="7DEB7FF4BCE9B2C38525B095211C9AF7">
A species of
<taxonomicName id="2DFBD8A0D713E916A07616D5A069812E" authorityName="sensu Tyler and Davies" authorityYear="1978" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B262A9A14AABAD6B8CA79878AF5430EB" italics="true">Litoria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
that can be distinguished from all congeners by the following unique combination of characters: size moderate (male
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E1PAC" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
29.935.8); snout moderately long (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5PAC" xlink_title="distance from anterior corner of eye to posterior margin of naris">EN</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDAAE" xlink_title="internarial distance, between medial margins of external nares">IN</abbrev>
0.510.75), slightly pointed in dorsal view, truncate in lateral view; canthus rostralis curved in dorsal view, relatively sharply defined in lateral view; limbs long (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHAAE" xlink_title="tibia length from heel to outer surface of flexed knee">TL</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELAAE" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
0.590.68); finger webbing moderate, extending to distal subarticular tubercles between fingers 3 and 4; toe webbing extensive, reaching to disc or to intercalary cartilage at base of disc on all digits except toe 4; finger and toe discs moderately narrow (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPAAE" xlink_title="transverse diameter of disc of finger 3">3 FD</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETAAE" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
0.040.05,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXAAE" xlink_title="transverse diameter of disc of toe 4">4 TD</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2AAE" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
0.040.05); dorsal skin finely rugose with numerous larger tubercles on exposed surfaces of torso; hindlimbs with low, crenulated dermal ridges on outer edges of tibiae and tarsi; heels with 23 low conical tubercles; vomerine teeth in two prominent raised clumps; vocal slits present in males; dorsal colouration mottled green and brown; hidden surfaces of shanks and groin purplish in life; and advertisement call a single loud, unpulsed musical note lasting 0.03
<geoCoordinate id="AE7508E07862C1F0EF5DDA251688347B" degrees="0.05" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="-0.05">0.05 s</geoCoordinate>
and produced at intervals of ~ 1237 seconds for long periods.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E6AAE" type="comparisons">
<paragraph id="38568FD7733B03D832416E678C6C2C54">
<heading id="912F1EEEA7FB0479BB92AE7328679BE1" reason="title">Comparisons with other species.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DABEAF4AC5F01325079BA6848B9160DB">
We emphasize comparisons with torrent-breeding
<taxonomicName id="075EE28801EAE20C98E276C32953F93D" authorityName="sensu Tyler and Davies" authorityYear="1978" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="3CBF303DA48E350AF04BAF6364D0665A" italics="true">Litoria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
because based on taxa genetically sampled so far (e. g.,
<bibRefCitation id="978DED83A23C01A816244A59AFB065D7" author="Richards" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Richards" journalOrPublisher="19-51 In: Richards SJ (Ed) Results of the third PMA 3 biodiversity monitoring survey of the PNG LNG Upstream Project area, 8 August - 2 September 2019, ExxonMobil PNG Limited, Port Moresby" refId="B29" refString="Richards SJ, Armstrong K, Nagombi E, Dahl G (2021) Chapter 1 Frogs. Pp. 1951 In: Richards SJ (Ed) Results of the third PMA 3 biodiversity monitoring survey of the PNG LNG Upstream Project area, 8 August 2 September 2019, ExxonMobil PNG Limited, Port Moresby, 181 pp." title="Chapter 1 - Frogs. Pp." year="2021">Richards et al. 2021</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="B7346263695203029BC2CBADFF9C738D" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.1" author="Richards" firstAuthor="Richards" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pagination="151-190" refId="B31" refString="Richards SJ, Donnellan SC, Oliver PM (2023) Five new species of the pelodryadid genus Litoria from southern Papua New Guinea with observations on the diversification of reproductive strategies in Melanesian treefrogs. Zootaxa 5263: 151190. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.1" title="Five new species of the pelodryadid genus Litoria from southern Papua New Guinea with observations on the diversification of reproductive strategies in Melanesian treefrogs." volume="5263" year="2023">2023</bibRefCitation>
) they form a monophyletic group that is also ecologically distinctive. The new species can be distinguished from non torrent-breeding
<taxonomicName id="1CC9F394ADECD496CDD76E2B916D7CF7" authorityName="sensu Tyler and Davies" authorityYear="1978" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D62954E49FFFF7458BF42C27B71F3EAD" italics="true">Litoria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the following combination of characters: dorsum mottled green and brown, skin tuberculate (Fig.
<figureCitation id="92FC10E51C638BCA5F16BF8518F291F5" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. In-life images of Litoria kikori sp. nov.: A adult female paratype (SAMA R 72337) from Bifo Creek, Papua New Guinea; B adult male paratype (SAMA R 72336) from Bifo Creek, Papua New Guinea; C adult male, unvouchered specimen from Libano Sok, Papua New Guinea. All photographs by Stephen Richards." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080911">1 A C</figureCitation>
), canthus rostralis strongly curved and moderately sharply defined in dorsal view, snout-tip shallowly acuminate, webbing on fingers moderate, extending to distal subarticular tubercles on outside of fingers 2 and 3, and adult size moderate (male
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6BAE" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
<quantity id="ACCF170D0BC7318E058A1D39397EAD53" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.3" metricValueMax="3.6" metricValueMin="3.0" unit="mm" value="33.0" valueMax="36.0" valueMin="30.0">3036 mm</quantity>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="BAB24CB1901B69EDA5F94C0D02F4A5A1" ID-DOI="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure1" ID-arpha="07EBE958-42F8-555A-8B5B-73BC094E10F1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080911" startId="F1">
<paragraph id="2ACE9B8E15B61157620D024BCCA89B77">
<label id="87BE9B16F3C1E1413E8001D09BA9A6BB">Figure 1.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2025F7AFD1028C9BD333EB96F45044AB">
In-life images of
<taxonomicName id="DF9194110493046E0FF8180CD0F0F8DC" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikori" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="03E5516CF51E29B6E493C0C2C4B574CB" italics="true">Litoria kikori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="AFA44792E2F62742FD1437C74AAE142C" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="8DC2DF3764C65720B11EC72DAEF6A7DD" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
:
<emphasis id="602339DF41238C9529067FDC2D860219" bold="true">A</emphasis>
adult female paratype (
<named-content id="A57207DDE8AF3DB0D10EE18A0C45BEF6" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/south-australia-museum" xlink_title="South Australia Museum">SAMA</named-content>
<specimenCode id="94CF26F311CF9D625E935EDCD59DAAF6">R 72337</specimenCode>
) from Bifo Creek, Papua New Guinea;
<emphasis id="10BC5151F6FC0CB65CB96147D6EAC247" bold="true">B</emphasis>
<specimenCount id="09F71199F8D451B1C54F5621079DCE69" count="1" type="male">adult male</specimenCount>
paratype (
<named-content id="FDEE7C08D058B7FCD686C379ADE63D1F" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/south-australia-museum" xlink_title="South Australia Museum">SAMA</named-content>
<specimenCode id="22FB541A1FF48C29D54DE3E1AF9F5236">R 72336</specimenCode>
) from Bifo Creek, Papua New Guinea;
<emphasis id="1374768417B7810CF3865CBBB310FF06" bold="true">C</emphasis>
<specimenCount id="C355D480BFD247CCDB4127BC5AE211FA" count="1" type="male">adult male</specimenCount>
, unvouchered specimen from Libano Sok, Papua New Guinea. All photographs by Stephen Richards.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="7DE701B810A1563069A155D3A4750E94">
<taxonomicName id="E1902CC430ED5C217A8808EC09379532" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikori" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="563969892615170AD12942933109DC1E" italics="true">Litoria kikori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="CE1B35D3EC51435023F1E48C30E8F18F" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="2B4846133BB4BA9EE392E1A28AC5586C" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
can be distinguished from other torrent-breeding
<taxonomicName id="0853ED4AD3651AF2BE1B6E1E590B2BF1" authorityName="sensu Tyler and Davies" authorityYear="1978" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="8195FC09E50012CD378935A817D4604D" italics="true">Litoria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in New
<collectingCountry id="895705769544959CAAEE08BF5FEAE3C7" name="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea</collectingCountry>
as follows: it is larger than
<taxonomicName id="B8BF115F2F288CA2C105CED71FF3B892" authority="Richards, Tjaturadi, Krey &amp; Donnellan, 2021" authorityName="Richards, Tjaturadi, Krey &amp; Donnellan" authorityYear="2021" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="amnicola">
<emphasis id="92583A726897007585966DD2A72B763E" italics="true">L. amnicola</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="55FABEA6FB48BDADEF451CC160684858" DOI="10.5962/bhl.title.150137" author="Richards SJ &amp; Tjaturadi B &amp; Krey K &amp; Donnellan SC" refId="B35" refString="Richards SJ, Tjaturadi B, Krey K, Donnellan SC (2021) A new stream-dwelling frog of the genus Litoria Tschudi, 1838 (Anura: Pelodryadidae) from Salawati Island, Indonesia. In Telnov D, Barclay MVL, Pauwels OS Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea. The Entomological Society of Latvia, Riga, 19 - 33. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 150137" year="2021">Richards, Tjaturadi, Krey &amp; Donnellan, 2021</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="E977D8827476C2C929C1224016452286" authority="(Loveridge, 1945)" baseAuthorityName="Loveridge" baseAuthorityYear="1945" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brongersmai">
<emphasis id="20737BC12F0071921B5DF70BFBE5EAEB" italics="true">L. brongersmai</emphasis>
(Loveridge, 1945)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="F6B9F94E0A5C34B42C4145CF1E4FECFE" authority="Richards &amp; Bickford, 2023" authorityName="Richards &amp; Bickford" authorityYear="2023" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lakekamu">
<emphasis id="222D68849FCEDFBFCADED34ACAC4687A" italics="true">L. lakekamu</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="138FB3A670253F829C75555F8468AA86" DOI="10.5358/hsj.42.43" author="Richards SJ &amp; Bickford D" journalOrPublisher="Current Herpetology" pagination="43-54" refId="B30" refString="Richards SJ, Bickford D (2023) A new species of small green treefrog (Pelodryadidae: Litoria) from the Lakekamu Basin in southern Papua New Guinea. Current Herpetology 42: 43 - 54. https: // doi. org / 10.5358 / hsj. 42.43" title="A new species of small green treefrog (Pelodryadidae: Litoria) from the Lakekamu Basin in southern Papua New Guinea." volume="42" year="2023">Richards &amp; Bickford, 2023</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="DEA2CF8364B71E2EB2C8696AC59C7721" authority="(Tyler, 1968)" baseAuthorityName="Tyler" baseAuthorityYear="1968" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leucova">
<emphasis id="C0786F57D95BC981AC1627CF28E8D93A" italics="true">L. leucova</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="88FEA78BFA75A2877457D9E2AC37EB0C" author="Tyler MJ" journalOrPublisher="Zoologische Verhandelingen" pagination="1-203" refId="B40" refString="Tyler MJ (1968) Papuan hylid frogs of the genus Hyla. Zoologische Verhandelingen 96: 1 - 203." title="Papuan hylid frogs of the genus Hyla." volume="96" year="1968">Tyler, 1968</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFF0569B2260E174A8FE44DB3D1CA147" authority="Richards &amp; Iskandar, 2006" authorityName="Richards &amp; Iskandar" authorityYear="2006" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="megalops">
<emphasis id="04CDE72F1265BC55CE45F4F88E8EA698" italics="true">L. megalops</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="8678BEB2D94E1F7C93F0D041A4FC58F8" DOI="10.3105/1345-5834(2006)25[57:ANSOTF]2.0.CO;2" author="Richards SJ &amp; Iskandar DT" refId="B33" refString="Richards SJ, Iskandar DT (2006) A new species of torrent-dwelling frog (Hylidae, Litoria) from the mountains of New Guinea. Current Herpetology 25: 57 - 63. https: // doi. org / 10.3105 / 1345 - 5834 (2006) 25 [57: ANSOTF] 2.0. CO; 2" year="2006">Richards &amp; Iskandar, 2006</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="CC6111E0B951CA303EB89C2BA831B2B6" authority="(Tyler, 1968)" baseAuthorityName="Tyler" baseAuthorityYear="1968" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="napaea">
<emphasis id="CCF55637B93FF8A5F437B429B3F95FF9" italics="true">L. napaea</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="7CB456518D05658CBD3ADC3437B5DA83" author="Tyler MJ" journalOrPublisher="Zoologische Verhandelingen" pagination="1-203" refId="B40" refString="Tyler MJ (1968) Papuan hylid frogs of the genus Hyla. Zoologische Verhandelingen 96: 1 - 203." title="Papuan hylid frogs of the genus Hyla." volume="96" year="1968">Tyler, 1968</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="F15C25742143A79D782CADD42F3F9161" authority="Gunther &amp; Richards, 2005" authorityName="Gunther &amp; Richards" authorityYear="2005" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rara">
<emphasis id="B35EFC27D42F8DC8D8DE1CC4E58F5C7B" italics="true">L. rara</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="8FA04863512B907D2F4E7BD389691395" author="Günther R &amp; Richards SJ" journalOrPublisher="Russian Journal of Herpetology" pagination="195-212" refId="B6" refString="Gunther R, Richards SJ (2005) Three new mountain stream dwelling Litoria (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) from western New Guinea. Russian Journal of Herpetology 12: 195 - 212." title="Three new mountain stream dwelling Litoria (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) from western New Guinea." volume="12" year="2005">Günther &amp; Richards, 2005</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="35BEA93894AF77F8FE0CE99C649DCE3E" authority="Gunther &amp; Richards, 2005" authorityName="Gunther &amp; Richards" authorityYear="2005" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rivicola">
<emphasis id="ED5A276491EBFF1D264FC4303C8A199D" italics="true">L. rivicola</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="232BEDF40FA764820BDA15475A4950D2" author="Günther R &amp; Richards SJ" journalOrPublisher="Russian Journal of Herpetology" pagination="195-212" refId="B6" refString="Gunther R, Richards SJ (2005) Three new mountain stream dwelling Litoria (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) from western New Guinea. Russian Journal of Herpetology 12: 195 - 212." title="Three new mountain stream dwelling Litoria (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) from western New Guinea." volume="12" year="2005">Günther &amp; Richards, 2005</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(male
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZGAE" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
&gt;
<quantity id="C37E8AA7FA4835CD9B831FA31B0AA45E" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" unit="mm" value="30.0">30 mm</quantity>
versus &lt;
<quantity id="2D6B3D624846CDE990D76B4A532F2CC7" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" unit="mm" value="25.0">25 mm</quantity>
); and further differs from
<taxonomicName id="9F684187F8491B04AA5516D177C152F1" authorityName="Richards, Tjaturadi, Krey &amp; Donnellan" authorityYear="2021" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="amnicola">
<emphasis id="A1F77B96E16CF1B32A4782D8F7B606AB" italics="true">L. amnicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="08775DFCDFDEF38B13D558A65B92B717" baseAuthorityName="Loveridge" baseAuthorityYear="1945" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brongersmai">
<emphasis id="66CD276E3A5404D9FFC8A968E03EBC4E" italics="true">L. brongersmai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="87E844212544BECD53BA5648431A06D5" baseAuthorityName="Tyler" baseAuthorityYear="1968" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="napaea">
<emphasis id="B1AF2B8D4C5364C83C862DD68B8A9C8C" italics="true">L. napaea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having prominent vomerine teeth (versus indistinct, detectable only as slight bumps); from
<taxonomicName id="813FE2F4E6154D42E591CD1F5F3C2C1A" authorityName="Richards &amp; Bickford" authorityYear="2023" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lakekamu">
<emphasis id="707AA33D9BD0E8271418D73E627A2D24" italics="true">L. lakekamu</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="5674F232C6A6EB18BC14BC7506EAD489" baseAuthorityName="Tyler" baseAuthorityYear="1968" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leucova">
<emphasis id="704A6FF21842AA4DCD9C7BDB711C5932" italics="true">L. leucova</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in its green-and-brown-mottled dorsum (versus green); from
<taxonomicName id="DC925A97C42AC4C4B00A52174454565E" authorityName="Richards &amp; Iskandar" authorityYear="2006" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="megalops">
<emphasis id="5899761FE0B31159F884553FF72206DB" italics="true">L. megalops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having moderate finger webbing (versus absent), and in its smaller eye (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6IAE" xlink_title="horizontal diameter of eye">EYE</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDJAE" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
0.120.14 versus 0.140.17); and from both
<taxonomicName id="028F28F65C99C19057246406672DBC4B" authorityName="Gunther &amp; Richards" authorityYear="2005" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rara">
<emphasis id="BB1E9EEB6B18A53C65581E98EB96AB50" italics="true">L. rara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="9235962BB77A61D6D212740CB190F7F3" authorityName="Gunther &amp; Richards" authorityYear="2005" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rivicola">
<emphasis id="21A7883612F83534EF74684A620967FD" italics="true">L. rivicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by its longer hindlimbs (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4JAE" xlink_title="tibia length from heel to outer surface of flexed knee">TL</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EBKAE" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
&gt; 0.59 versus &lt;0.56) and green or brown dorsal colouration (versus predominantly grey or greyish brown).
<taxonomicName id="7245B25156ED9A0A0C3E07498CA39B35" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikori" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8BB6DA8E597FA7369579997FB9BCE1C8" italics="true">Litoria kikori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="E99A70B34D1BAA3418F8B932B25302B9" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="FC71F42357AD9F8D13A5908336653C65" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is substantially smaller than
<taxonomicName id="0201B1083767FCB2F0967EFB41858AD5" authority="(Boulenger, 1915)" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1915" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="angiana">
<emphasis id="0FC59DD69ED93E9E36A006241214D860" italics="true">L. angiana</emphasis>
(Boulenger, 1915)
</taxonomicName>
(max male
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4KAE" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
&lt;
<quantity id="34B2EDBC9D5CF6FE16A37F225605990F" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" unit="mm" value="40.0">40 mm</quantity>
versus&gt;
<quantity id="C582AA87D3608E383BD0F78E5395041A" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" unit="mm" value="50.0">50 mm</quantity>
), and further differs in having the snout distinctly acuminate (versus relatively blunt) in dorsal aspect, canthus rostralis curved in dorsal view (versus straight), and dorsum and lateral edge of tarsus strongly tuberculate in life (versus relatively smooth).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4D0B63E8C8A5DE59577A300A5D8AA1B0">
<taxonomicName id="CE6EDCEAB2E74975EBA0F645FFD4BBE0" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikori" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="A24AB044E822F9531096C680652E5787" italics="true">Litoria kikori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="FC954EF02ACFA39F7AE2FC9BDACCEA2C" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="9A7C3B0EA1341FB875D6A051E2551922" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs from the following ten similar-sized or slightly larger torrent-breeding species
<taxonomicName id="D1771666A4419EED621357FEA0DD5C1D" authority="(Peters &amp; Doria, 1878)" baseAuthorityName="Peters &amp; Doria" baseAuthorityYear="1878" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arfakiana">
<emphasis id="E754148321D6BA7C33889321D3404C62" italics="true">L. arfakiana</emphasis>
(Peters &amp; Doria, 1878)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="F5D69A7C0E91B970F1CF8DBE9EB0BECE" authority="(Loveridge, 1945)" baseAuthorityName="Loveridge" baseAuthorityYear="1945" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="becki">
<emphasis id="F67BD207319D1CFBCC101704CF3CF1DB" italics="true">L. becki</emphasis>
(Loveridge, 1945)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="00B608EC80B0BFDAEE25C47F4EDFAF79" authority="(Tyler, 1968)" baseAuthorityName="Tyler" baseAuthorityYear="1968" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bulmeri">
<emphasis id="138D74BBAC3C8E80E7E52BE8DA3ECB35" italics="true">L. bulmeri</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6F8D08870355466E2FE5208E2A50A8F2" author="Tyler MJ" journalOrPublisher="Zoologische Verhandelingen" pagination="1-203" refId="B40" refString="Tyler MJ (1968) Papuan hylid frogs of the genus Hyla. Zoologische Verhandelingen 96: 1 - 203." title="Papuan hylid frogs of the genus Hyla." volume="96" year="1968">Tyler, 1968</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="C12F518315DADF3734CDA88C83EC33F0" authority="Menzies &amp; Zweifel, 1974" authorityName="Menzies &amp; Zweifel" authorityYear="1974" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oenicolen">
<emphasis id="82B1E028907B1D0466C074F956DA72FE" italics="true">L. oenicolen</emphasis>
Menzies &amp; Zweifel, 1974
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="CE116A557CEB264B23DE225ECB58F9D7" authority="Oliver &amp; Richards, 2007" authorityName="Oliver &amp; Richards" authorityYear="2007" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuscula">
<emphasis id="E7DD1B4417832790C585C4FB68ECAA74" italics="true">L. fuscula</emphasis>
Oliver &amp; Richards, 2007
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="E0DA561DCCE308FB046108102D3F6852" authority="Richards, 2001" authorityName="Richards" authorityYear="2001" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macki">
<emphasis id="110DF0D590F365D25F999CE3D6C1BDA6" italics="true">L. macki</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="5EC61030E771F65FA9E04E838F8696C7" author="Richards SJ" journalOrPublisher="Memoirs of the Queensland Museum" pagination="733-739" refId="B26" refString="Richards SJ (2001) A new species of Torrent-dwelling Frog (Anura: Hylidae: Litoria) from the mountains of Indonesian New Guinea (West Papua). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 733 - 739." title="A new species of Torrent-dwelling Frog (Anura: Hylidae: Litoria) from the mountains of Indonesian New Guinea (West Papua)." volume="46" year="2001">Richards, 2001</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="9601261396C495441DF005AE83652A79" authority="(Tyler, 1963)" baseAuthorityName="Tyler" baseAuthorityYear="1963" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="micromembrana">
<emphasis id="E10B38A3FA9F5DBEB77FE7A6E30CED40" italics="true">L. micromembrana</emphasis>
(Tyler, 1963)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="2BACD591D91AAB659632F045C38A159E" authority="(Tyler, 1968)" baseAuthorityName="Tyler" baseAuthorityYear="1968" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="modica">
<emphasis id="76C82798D197F1406A7F9296FF6EAD17" italics="true">L. modica</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="BAB082B277839B1664EA29005EFCFE74" author="Tyler MJ" journalOrPublisher="Zoologische Verhandelingen" pagination="1-203" refId="B40" refString="Tyler MJ (1968) Papuan hylid frogs of the genus Hyla. Zoologische Verhandelingen 96: 1 - 203." title="Papuan hylid frogs of the genus Hyla." volume="96" year="1968">Tyler, 1968</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="39134BA7D4F13A52AE7C2D35C284CF0D" authority="(Tyler, 1968)" baseAuthorityName="Tyler" baseAuthorityYear="1968" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spinifera">
<emphasis id="DC913FE400638ACC22FC688440080E2F" italics="true">L. spinifera</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="1867CB71FA6FBCDE164AA42DA143A373" author="Tyler MJ" journalOrPublisher="Zoologische Verhandelingen" pagination="1-203" refId="B40" refString="Tyler MJ (1968) Papuan hylid frogs of the genus Hyla. Zoologische Verhandelingen 96: 1 - 203." title="Papuan hylid frogs of the genus Hyla." volume="96" year="1968">Tyler, 1968</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="C476D1D46B2CB0591A3BDB1F4C665710" authority="(Boulenger, 1914)" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1914" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wollastoni">
<emphasis id="B956D636D7FAFE1838428B6613137DDA" italics="true">L. wollastoni</emphasis>
(Boulenger, 1914)
</taxonomicName>
in having moderately extensive finger webbing that extends to distal subarticular tubercle on fingers 2, 3, and 4 (versus at most basal webbing between fingers 3 and 4); and further differs from
<taxonomicName id="04F7AE9DD978BA917DDC203A3F95F10A" baseAuthorityName="Peters &amp; Doria" baseAuthorityYear="1878" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arfakiana">
<emphasis id="23012F1C40913D7536F37C3C659D9825" italics="true">L. arfakiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="7AD9080B2CC80769B368CB04BADB7BBE" authorityName="Menzies &amp; Zweifel" authorityYear="1974" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oenicolen">
<emphasis id="743D62CE497B011C51AD104FD7C59F89" italics="true">L. oenicolen</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="75BBA143570282BD907FD5E9629559A3" baseAuthorityName="Tyler" baseAuthorityYear="1968" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spinifera">
<emphasis id="9010ADAC407AFE250ED72606CCD47E4E" italics="true">L. spinifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="B95DA2A9900691E004114B6B5A9E9C68" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1914" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wollastoni">
<emphasis id="B92B003B89F85DD3B69297F75F72BE58" italics="true">L. wollastoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in its less sharply acuminate snout tip and lacking prominent spiniform tubercles on heel (and in
<taxonomicName id="C0BB35503EC83D1CCE19F2588C2A0C7A" baseAuthorityName="Tyler" baseAuthorityYear="1968" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spinifera">
<emphasis id="FFE2633106E7DB6548B1492A27E366B8" italics="true">L. spinifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
across body); from
<taxonomicName id="4ED21BDDB75FBC2D6FD7A320F73892EC" baseAuthorityName="Loveridge" baseAuthorityYear="1945" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="becki">
<emphasis id="4041842B678AB1334837613D24E67129" italics="true">L. becki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in its extensively webbed toes (versus toes half-webbed); from
<taxonomicName id="4300051F64DFC14C63FF709951DD59A1" baseAuthorityName="Tyler" baseAuthorityYear="1968" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bulmeri">
<emphasis id="BDF387379FAC1A5B0370BFD0A2E837FD" italics="true">L. bulmeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by lacking a dark brown to black lateral band on head and body (versus present); from
<taxonomicName id="F91F8439C1256A03C9CBCC173DE44392" authorityName="Oliver &amp; Richards" authorityYear="2007" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuscula">
<emphasis id="57036E00523F32880956AC531BB94AE9" italics="true">L. fuscula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having prominent vomerine teeth (versus indistinct, detectable only as slight bumps), green and / or brown mottled dorsal colouration (versus dark brown with no obvious pattern), and in having small conical tubercles along heel (versus no tubercles); and from
<taxonomicName id="44E90612078B3F0A8A960D1E70927673" authorityName="Richards" authorityYear="2001" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macki">
<emphasis id="2D93DA8B209B47DC09129F6CB3A86D0B" italics="true">L. macki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having low, indistinct tubercles on eyelids (versus prominent and large) and dark purplish-brown colouration in groin (versus yellow).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DDEF5E557AF672622316F753D5D1154C">
<taxonomicName id="45A96562B68FF65B6FABBDFC378949BD" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikori" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B8D5BB4ED7FA8A9ED253960720329664" italics="true">Litoria kikori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="7212F930FC29CF960F5EC17C17FE842E" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="113A16E4CEAEAF449367D39EADA7A817" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
can be distinguished from four similar-sized species with moderate webbing between the fingers as follows: from
<taxonomicName id="E5A8CBD9FC638CA18415AE4C5F9B401D" authority="(Tyler, 1968)" baseAuthorityName="Tyler" baseAuthorityYear="1968" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dorsivena">
<emphasis id="0D35734761AD1EB2A4A730D3FFCD7BA0" italics="true">L. dorsivena</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="05A3DE909600FBC4506EBC077F85BF67" author="Tyler MJ" journalOrPublisher="Zoologische Verhandelingen" pagination="1-203" refId="B40" refString="Tyler MJ (1968) Papuan hylid frogs of the genus Hyla. Zoologische Verhandelingen 96: 1 - 203." title="Papuan hylid frogs of the genus Hyla." volume="96" year="1968">Tyler, 1968</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="3DB935D0753E4E3C1D630A69273A5934" authority="Oliver, Iskandar &amp; Richards, 2023" authorityName="Oliver, Iskandar &amp; Richards" authorityYear="2023" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hastula">
<emphasis id="4699CFDBFAF9AA8AF835576F7A792700" italics="true">L. hastula</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="79F27C7018AE261FB7521BF0CF29BDAC" DOI="10.3897/vz.73.e91111" author="Oliver PM &amp; Iskandar DT &amp; Richards SJ" journalOrPublisher="Vertebrate Zoology" pagination="127-139" refId="B23" refString="Oliver PM, Iskandar DT, Richards SJ (2023) A new species of torrent-breeding treefrog (Pelodryadidae: Litoria) from the mountains of Papua, Indonesia, with new records and observations of Litoria dorsivena (Tyler, 1968). Vertebrate Zoology 73: 127 - 139. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / vz. 73. e 91111" title="A new species of torrent-breeding treefrog (Pelodryadidae: Litoria) from the mountains of Papua, Indonesia, with new records and observations of Litoria dorsivena (Tyler, 1968)." volume="73" year="2023">Oliver, Iskandar &amp; Richards, 2023</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
by its green-and-brown mottled dorsal colouration (versus predominantly brown) and snout relatively rounded in lateral view (versus distinctly acuminate in both lateral and dorsal views); from
<taxonomicName id="D302E2E0D420C195054B9E82B87C3014" authority="(Boulenger, 1911)" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1911" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pratti">
<emphasis id="CBB8ACE1FE94DBC672DC4EEF08F478C5" italics="true">L. pratti</emphasis>
(Boulenger, 1911)
</taxonomicName>
by its curved canthus rostralis (versus straight) and slightly longer limbs (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ERTAE" xlink_title="tibia length from heel to outer surface of flexed knee">TL</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EVTAE" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
&gt; 0.59 versus &lt;0.57); and from
<taxonomicName id="7134164D702A2C835792A98E00413CD5" authority="Gunther &amp; Richards, 2005" authorityName="Gunther &amp; Richards" authorityYear="2005" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="scabra">
<emphasis id="3899A1D67ABA503B5ACD2BBC26F8CF45" italics="true">L. scabra</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="6F7591A0323CB5DBAEF29FAF9E907370" author="Günther R &amp; Richards SJ" journalOrPublisher="Russian Journal of Herpetology" pagination="195-212" refId="B6" refString="Gunther R, Richards SJ (2005) Three new mountain stream dwelling Litoria (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) from western New Guinea. Russian Journal of Herpetology 12: 195 - 212." title="Three new mountain stream dwelling Litoria (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) from western New Guinea." volume="12" year="2005">Günther &amp; Richards, 2005</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
by its longer limbs (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EEUAE" xlink_title="tibia length from heel to outer surface of flexed knee">TL</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EIUAE" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
&gt; 0.59 versus &lt;0.56), hindlimbs with series of low lateral tubercles (versus a crenulated ridge), and green or green-and-brown mottled dorsal colouration (versus predominantly grey or greyish brown) (
<bibRefCitation id="560B8A5B0FFCD7558111A1965F5C4020" author="Gunther and Richards" firstAuthor="Gunther" journalOrPublisher="Russian Journal of Herpetology" pagination="195-212" refId="B6" refString="Günther R, Richards SJ (2005) Three new mountain stream dwelling Litoria (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) from western New Guinea. Russian Journal of Herpetology 12: 195212." title="Three new mountain stream dwelling Litoria (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) from western New Guinea." volume="12" year="2005">Günther and Richards 2005</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E51C403BDE43C9F136B3119568D1D3C5">
<taxonomicName id="F99CD8DF834E30E3077246B40BCA7C9F" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikori" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="CA440A8EA98ADE61C8079C3EB470BD0E" italics="true">Litoria kikori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="5413B13D3BA5F82266A3F2E7C130C7B9" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="82780656F071B9AD71012FB473893715" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is most similar to
<taxonomicName id="59E07553B719D223CF246F19DCFF5ADF" authority="Richards &amp; Oliver, 2006" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2006" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spartacus">
<emphasis id="874D96142CEB988BB60F95372610AD2E" italics="true">L. spartacus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="071AFA718132311E3EC7CDE1611CC501" author="Richards SJ &amp; Oliver PM" journalOrPublisher="Salamandra" pagination="231-237" refId="B34" refString="Richards SJ, Oliver PM (2006) A new species of Litoria (Anura: Hylidae) from the Kikori Integrated Conservation and Development Project area, Papua New Guinea. Salamandra 42: 231 - 237." title="A new species of Litoria (Anura: Hylidae) from the Kikori Integrated Conservation and Development Project area, Papua New Guinea." volume="42" year="2006">Richards &amp; Oliver, 2006</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="E507C0C527B7CAFE2D934FE7C8A3796D" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Detailed comparisons of Litoria kikori sp. nov. and L. spartacus: A dorsal views of L. spartacus (top) and L. kikori sp. nov. (bottom) holotypes; B comparisons of underside of fingers, showing wider discs and rounded subarticular tubercle on finger 4 in holotype of L. spartacus (left) versus narrower pads and bilobed tubercle on finger 4 on holotype of L. kikori sp. nov. (right); C orange groin and lower shanks of L. spartacus from Moro, Papua New Guinea; and unpigmented or, at most, slightly purplish groin and shanks on L. kikori sp. nov.; D holotype; E paratype SAMA R 72337. All photographs by Stephen Richards." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080912">2 A</figureCitation>
) and is closely related to it (see below), but can be differentiated by its smaller size (male
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EOVAE" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
29.935.8 versus 35.637.4, female
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ESVAE" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
45.4 versus 51.1), narrower finger pads (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EWVAE" xlink_title="transverse diameter of disc of finger 3">3 FD</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E1VAE" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
<geoCoordinate id="FC6FD35D49F613ADA95582A68D49B234" degrees="0.045" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="0.045">0.045</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="683B8F13E4AE1E1CCF7B3268BB389A41" degrees="0.052" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="-0.052">0.052</geoCoordinate>
versus
<geoCoordinate id="CA5211B566B6A221D1C4D6B642AF371B" degrees="0.048" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="0.048">0.048</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="79D786DFD2A1B5BFA88552708482EC94" degrees="0.062" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="-0.062">0.062</geoCoordinate>
), narrower toepads (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5VAE" xlink_title="transverse diameter of disc of toe 4">4 TD</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ECWAE" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
<geoCoordinate id="7B3B7D1F9A7585F8B7C26BDD068C76C0" degrees="0.037" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="0.037">0.037</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="B48F0BA03013A169298D249A4172F0AE" degrees="0.050" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="-0.05">0.050</geoCoordinate>
versus
<geoCoordinate id="F8DA5DC112B856E13D9EC15550FDDCC8" degrees="0.052" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="0.052">0.052</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="DD9D18B173AE3D040F08A2A06794AE22" degrees="0.062" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="-0.062">0.062</geoCoordinate>
) (Fig.
<figureCitation id="2B2084DCA673A8D56031D31F242968A5" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Detailed comparisons of Litoria kikori sp. nov. and L. spartacus: A dorsal views of L. spartacus (top) and L. kikori sp. nov. (bottom) holotypes; B comparisons of underside of fingers, showing wider discs and rounded subarticular tubercle on finger 4 in holotype of L. spartacus (left) versus narrower pads and bilobed tubercle on finger 4 on holotype of L. kikori sp. nov. (right); C orange groin and lower shanks of L. spartacus from Moro, Papua New Guinea; and unpigmented or, at most, slightly purplish groin and shanks on L. kikori sp. nov.; D holotype; E paratype SAMA R 72337. All photographs by Stephen Richards." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080912">2 B</figureCitation>
), distal subarticular tubercle of finger 4 wider than long and slightly bifid (versus roughly equal in width and length and not bifid) (Fig.
<figureCitation id="370FEEC1D29DBF5B0C0F753D78751B6B" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Detailed comparisons of Litoria kikori sp. nov. and L. spartacus: A dorsal views of L. spartacus (top) and L. kikori sp. nov. (bottom) holotypes; B comparisons of underside of fingers, showing wider discs and rounded subarticular tubercle on finger 4 in holotype of L. spartacus (left) versus narrower pads and bilobed tubercle on finger 4 on holotype of L. kikori sp. nov. (right); C orange groin and lower shanks of L. spartacus from Moro, Papua New Guinea; and unpigmented or, at most, slightly purplish groin and shanks on L. kikori sp. nov.; D holotype; E paratype SAMA R 72337. All photographs by Stephen Richards." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080912">2 B</figureCitation>
), groin in life unpigmented or light purplish (versus orange) (Fig.
<figureCitation id="4D0F6F9284A7A81E15DBA12B63ADA075" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Detailed comparisons of Litoria kikori sp. nov. and L. spartacus: A dorsal views of L. spartacus (top) and L. kikori sp. nov. (bottom) holotypes; B comparisons of underside of fingers, showing wider discs and rounded subarticular tubercle on finger 4 in holotype of L. spartacus (left) versus narrower pads and bilobed tubercle on finger 4 on holotype of L. kikori sp. nov. (right); C orange groin and lower shanks of L. spartacus from Moro, Papua New Guinea; and unpigmented or, at most, slightly purplish groin and shanks on L. kikori sp. nov.; D holotype; E paratype SAMA R 72337. All photographs by Stephen Richards." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080912">2 C E</figureCitation>
), throat in males without brown mottling (versus typically with brown mottling) and call consisting of a single note repeated at 1237 second intervals for at least several minutes (versus multiple notes in short series lasting 520 seconds;
<bibRefCitation id="A2F7EDDDBF042C8AFCBBF4768710471B" author="Richards and Oliver" firstAuthor="Richards" journalOrPublisher="Salamandra" pagination="231-237" refId="B34" refString="Richards SJ, Oliver PM (2006) A new species of Litoria (Anura: Hylidae) from the Kikori Integrated Conservation and Development Project area, Papua New Guinea. Salamandra 42: 231237." title="A new species of Litoria (Anura: Hylidae) from the Kikori Integrated Conservation and Development Project area, Papua New Guinea." volume="42" year="2006">Richards and Oliver 2006</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7D2C45F8C9C7D69C1F9A877F5913D475">
<label id="872EF42EB0D9EF9AAB1BC205594FA374">Figure 2.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8D42EEC27AD5CDED00342DBAEBF5484A">
Detailed comparisons of
<taxonomicName id="233630EF6B7F0E4877022CA8E1DC56CA" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikori" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="C31E27FA0169046832EE20085B4691B3" italics="true">Litoria kikori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="399708EAD7694B16F810F26107F1A6C8" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="48F8B42766DACA4E3D39CB5CB93C96DB" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="F39D4A8858231B9624F3BCC523EF3B8D" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2006" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spartacus">
<emphasis id="7F743E3DFC007208BD26093A5B4C9BD7" italics="true">L. spartacus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
:
<emphasis id="ADA8CA041B25515FEA670CB15FDAD8D2" bold="true">A</emphasis>
dorsal views of
<taxonomicName id="23D7B8C4991CEA1217F10E91148CA459" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2006" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spartacus">
<emphasis id="2C65E2CDC77909539B4C82B79AF29628" italics="true">L. spartacus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(top) and
<taxonomicName id="71FA28C531EE2F7D25C3C90E88CF2603" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikori" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="033BDC90B4B5469A07409434D001F2EB" italics="true">L. kikori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="50E1001B6401EC9D405988124A043CBD" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="9CD44269847C905072FCE047D3AB3EED" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(bottom) holotypes;
<emphasis id="84690A52C184F3F43C676354C5A0BCA1" bold="true">B</emphasis>
comparisons of underside of fingers, showing wider discs and rounded subarticular tubercle on finger 4 in holotype of
<taxonomicName id="DD823D7672C450E4AD3BAC4F2256F976" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2006" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spartacus">
<emphasis id="F4D3CA3EBEABBC77E45A07A8CF1DD230" italics="true">L. spartacus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(left) versus narrower pads and bilobed tubercle on finger 4 on holotype of
<taxonomicName id="C325D20BA2D4DEC123E2D1A7B447294D" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikori" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="D5CA45B49493AC8FCD873AA36FDA0864" italics="true">L. kikori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="7549A47EA146C3C3809427E795F0E97B" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="770121593EA37081211D709BD36BF963" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(right);
<emphasis id="9B98717DC6A9E4B8BF813C21D850DAF6" bold="true">C</emphasis>
orange groin and lower shanks of
<taxonomicName id="934CF150575E7E21FBDCA315B3B1B47C" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2006" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spartacus">
<emphasis id="9F4979E8B872174F0AF87844D49801CC" italics="true">L. spartacus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Moro, Papua New Guinea; and unpigmented or, at most, slightly purplish groin and shanks on
<taxonomicName id="85B5E5C306A9C0E8F5334AB7ACC80A54" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikori" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="6CCC8C131C44CC81A6CCE6CF82E4712F" italics="true">L. kikori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="E0D96B5AB9B1932B57A118B999C7381A" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="6C6D39FB67EC9921AB377D1F9675673A" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
;
<emphasis id="8F661C9060DA08481467627500FD92C2" bold="true">D</emphasis>
holotype;
<emphasis id="F040E4A2F554EF369B5386168276FB8B" bold="true">E</emphasis>
paratype
<named-content id="03BA99EDC17515F5AE960570EEF34A61" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/south-australia-museum" xlink_title="South Australia Museum">SAMA</named-content>
<specimenCode id="11E980202F529772638B12ED6CB0D228">R 72337</specimenCode>
. All photographs by Stephen Richards.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ER1AE" type="description">
<paragraph id="9EE9559637ED95B7E2B3168ED09651CD">
<heading id="35F5A19A22E805076BF3A5BEB96ACA8B" reason="title">
Description of
<typeStatus id="9984E7E5FEEDFB3C7F3165AD5E6938B0" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
.
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1AAE2D107520636F98B4C0E6D91F81C0">
Adult male with vocal slits and indistinct pale-brown nuptial pads with fine asperities. Habitus moderately slender, limbs long (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EX1AE" xlink_title="tibia length from heel to outer surface of flexed knee">TL</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E21AE" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
0.67), head wide (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E61AE" xlink_title="head width at level of tympana">HW</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ED2AE" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
0.36). Snout protruding distinctly beyond lower jaw, rounded in lateral view, moderately acuminate in dorsal view (Fig.
<figureCitation id="87FFB21A0B33434976D1F73CC694762C" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Details of the holotype (SAMA R 69990) of Litoria kikori sp. nov.: A dorsal view of head; B lateral view of head; C dorsal view of hindlimbs and dorsolateral view of hidden surfaces of thighs; D hand; E foot. Scale bar = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080913">3 A, B</figureCitation>
). Canthus rostralis with rounded edge, but clearly defined in both dorsal and lateral view and curved in dorsal view; loreal region steeply sloping, slightly concave. Nostrils near top of snout, oriented laterally, not visible in dorsal view. Vomeropalatines forming two prominent elevations, each with 34 teeth positioned midway between choanae. Tongue small, nearly round, with prominent posterior notch; vocal slits laterally in floor of mouth, extending from near angle of jaws about one half distance to front of jaw. Eyes large (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EL2AE" xlink_title="horizontal diameter of eye">EYE</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EP2AE" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
0.14), prominent, protruding in dorsal and ventral views; pupil horizontal, pigmentation on nictitating membrane restricted to very thin narrow band of maculations along dorsal edge. Tympanum moderately small (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ET2AE" xlink_title="horizontal diameter of tympanum including tympanic annulus">TYM</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EX2AE" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
0.05), one-third diameter of eye (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E22AE" xlink_title="horizontal diameter of tympanum including tympanic annulus">TYM</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E62AE" xlink_title="horizontal diameter of eye">EYE</abbrev>
0.32), tympanic annulus clearly defined, except dorsal edge obscured by thick, slightly curved supratympanic ridge.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="900EE6FF7B68469E9BA64F20C7D1D6F3">
<label id="C3679D22DD9FC250DAFAD997B76C0409">Figure 3.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6D0A2DEF006CC72BD3C062F095D3FB4B">
Details of the holotype (
<named-content id="782DFE493F5955906C6F5415ADBF4D55" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/south-australia-museum" xlink_title="South Australia Museum">SAMA</named-content>
<specimenCode id="D188CB8339D36882B5372DFBCBDE0B1F">R 69990</specimenCode>
) of
<taxonomicName id="DF899411D5EC700637ED67D57DFF3DEB" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikori" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="5BDB561B4D6A9487B988AA3C337C10D8" italics="true">Litoria kikori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="C79B708F11DB4808F7F37E23ACA8E404" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="23E3488935B11222F0199A13BEF903AF" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
:
<emphasis id="FED6BC780ABAB2A0C4E5044BEA4A60D2" bold="true">A</emphasis>
dorsal view of head;
<emphasis id="641B42D37B3F44472F998B530D13C15E" bold="true">B</emphasis>
lateral view of head;
<emphasis id="26DF0D03E8BB7774B703FD6659E5BFAF" bold="true">C</emphasis>
dorsal view of hindlimbs and dorsolateral view of hidden surfaces of thighs;
<emphasis id="33D6D5457118F5A3D02BE41F3C8D63F7" bold="true">D</emphasis>
hand;
<emphasis id="EE9651B686F1F1E24E2D6B91738FA743" bold="true">E</emphasis>
foot. Scale bar = 5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="BE80F3A1CC83BC38F4852FDD2EF673F5">
Skin on dorsal surfaces of torso and head rugose, with numerous large, rounded tubercles (Fig.
<figureCitation id="59F16C363866D4DF9423BAC322D36E27" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Details of the holotype (SAMA R 69990) of Litoria kikori sp. nov.: A dorsal view of head; B lateral view of head; C dorsal view of hindlimbs and dorsolateral view of hidden surfaces of thighs; D hand; E foot. Scale bar = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080913">3 A</figureCitation>
), skin on throat finely granular, on abdomen coarsely granular. Forelimbs finely tuberculate on exposed surfaces, with scattered tubercles on ventral surface, and distinct ventrolateral fold along outer edge of forearm. Hindlimbs tuberculate on exposed dorsal surfaces of tibia and tarsus, outer edge of tibia and tarsus with series of tubercles (Fig.
<figureCitation id="58D128C3A44BF471C5BECE48D8BADED4" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Details of the holotype (SAMA R 69990) of Litoria kikori sp. nov.: A dorsal view of head; B lateral view of head; C dorsal view of hindlimbs and dorsolateral view of hidden surfaces of thighs; D hand; E foot. Scale bar = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080913">3 C</figureCitation>
), heel with three low white tubercles. Ventral surfaces of thighs coarsely granular proximally, becoming less so distally, ventral surfaces of tarsus and tibia smooth.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="62AA57F56BCAE7F6DAC60A5170C57DDE">
Fingers long, relative lengths 3&gt; 4&gt; 2&gt; 1. All fingers webbed (Fig.
<figureCitation id="F047AE73B45D9CC68B6905204A73DE6E" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Details of the holotype (SAMA R 69990) of Litoria kikori sp. nov.: A dorsal view of head; B lateral view of head; C dorsal view of hindlimbs and dorsolateral view of hidden surfaces of thighs; D hand; E foot. Scale bar = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080913">3 D</figureCitation>
), in thin strip between fingers 12, and extending to distal subarticular tubercles on outside of fingers 2 and 3, and inside of finger 4 (Figs
<figureCitation id="E25F5DB15FF29ABFA579BB5FB3B55D48" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Detailed comparisons of Litoria kikori sp. nov. and L. spartacus: A dorsal views of L. spartacus (top) and L. kikori sp. nov. (bottom) holotypes; B comparisons of underside of fingers, showing wider discs and rounded subarticular tubercle on finger 4 in holotype of L. spartacus (left) versus narrower pads and bilobed tubercle on finger 4 on holotype of L. kikori sp. nov. (right); C orange groin and lower shanks of L. spartacus from Moro, Papua New Guinea; and unpigmented or, at most, slightly purplish groin and shanks on L. kikori sp. nov.; D holotype; E paratype SAMA R 72337. All photographs by Stephen Richards." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080912">2 B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="FC25A25364881C20D21CC2F63AA02487" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Details of the holotype (SAMA R 69990) of Litoria kikori sp. nov.: A dorsal view of head; B lateral view of head; C dorsal view of hindlimbs and dorsolateral view of hidden surfaces of thighs; D hand; E foot. Scale bar = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080913">3 D</figureCitation>
). Tips of all digits expanded into prominent discs (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ED5AE" xlink_title="transverse diameter of disc of finger 3">3 FD</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EH5AE" xlink_title="transverse diameter of penultimate phalanx of finger 3">3 FP</abbrev>
1.6) with circum-marginal grooves. Subarticular tubercles rounded or bifid, distal tubercles of fingers 3 and 4 most notably bifid (Fig.
<figureCitation id="A0FCBD4BFD2310A0E09E674685CD9F47" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Details of the holotype (SAMA R 69990) of Litoria kikori sp. nov.: A dorsal view of head; B lateral view of head; C dorsal view of hindlimbs and dorsolateral view of hidden surfaces of thighs; D hand; E foot. Scale bar = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080913">3 D</figureCitation>
); outer metacarpal tubercles ovoid, indistinct; inner metacarpal tubercle prominent, visible as lunate lateral extension from base of finger
<quantity id="FF1DB798C2EECE993D42092064562B62" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.54" unit="in" value="1.0">1 in</quantity>
both ventral and dorsal view. Nuptial rugosity on outer metacarpal tubercle finely granular, indistinct.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="32DEE95C00173D7A341D8B290C4E711D">
Toes long, relative lengths 4&gt; 3&gt; 5&gt; 2&gt; 1, all webbed (Fig.
<figureCitation id="2A28641DEF89D0E3F507C47C1AD4D737" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Details of the holotype (SAMA R 69990) of Litoria kikori sp. nov.: A dorsal view of head; B lateral view of head; C dorsal view of hindlimbs and dorsolateral view of hidden surfaces of thighs; D hand; E foot. Scale bar = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080913">3 E</figureCitation>
); web reaching to terminal disc or to intercalary cartilage at base of disc on toes 1, 2, 3 and 5 and to distal subarticular tubercle on both sides of toe 4. Discs prominent (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EV5AE" xlink_title="transverse diameter of disc of toe 4">4 TD</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZ5AE" xlink_title="transverse diameter of penultimate phalanx of toe 4">4 TP</abbrev>
1.6), with supramarginal grooves. Subarticular tubercles prominent, rounded or slightly bifid (Fig.
<figureCitation id="D87B6EE401A8B231AFAF17758840AC60" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Details of the holotype (SAMA R 69990) of Litoria kikori sp. nov.: A dorsal view of head; B lateral view of head; C dorsal view of hindlimbs and dorsolateral view of hidden surfaces of thighs; D hand; E foot. Scale bar = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080913">3 E</figureCitation>
); inner metatarsal tubercle indistinct and ovoid, outer metatarsal tubercle slightly smaller, indistinct and rounded.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EB6AE" type="Colour in preservative">
<paragraph id="BDCD816A64DA871452C83A1ADB963C3E">
<heading id="9F05FA13DF696346C8514AC215E2A736" reason="title">Colour in preservative.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E64779EE6B46F4458A79DD0EEF14D7A">
Dorsal surfaces predominately dark blueish green with small areas of dark brown (Fig.
<figureCitation id="44901ECE0C66A11083C79786543F84F1" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Details of the holotype (SAMA R 69990) of Litoria kikori sp. nov.: A dorsal view of head; B lateral view of head; C dorsal view of hindlimbs and dorsolateral view of hidden surfaces of thighs; D hand; E foot. Scale bar = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080913">3 A</figureCitation>
); lateral surface of snout predominately brown, with diffuse blueish green blotch extending anteriorly from lower edge of eye; prominent brown blotch below supratympanic fold; labial region with numerous small white spots; upper lips and region around rictus of jaws white (Fig.
<figureCitation id="BD17B903D76D118353487487884DF13D" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Details of the holotype (SAMA R 69990) of Litoria kikori sp. nov.: A dorsal view of head; B lateral view of head; C dorsal view of hindlimbs and dorsolateral view of hidden surfaces of thighs; D hand; E foot. Scale bar = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080913">3 B</figureCitation>
). Ventral surfaces largely off white, with some tiny brown maculations along edge of jaw. Dorsal surfaces of arms and legs predominately greenish brown, towards extremities brown colouration becomes more diffuse and off-white ground colouration becomes more visible. Most ventral surfaces of limbs largely off white with scattered patches of brown, particularly on hands, lateral edge of arms and femur; tarsi and feet (including webbing) off white, heavily spotted with brown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EP6AE" type="variation">
<paragraph id="A98E40BFFA5D7BF15D74AAA9CB0B33FD">
<heading id="CC9C8830962BB26AEC26AFEFD74A74D8" reason="title">Variation.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="921B13E01F96C93F0091858A9B853395">
Measurements and proportions of males in the type series are similar (Table
<tableCitation id="B572DB06E7ECC31AEE54A631553C78E9" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Measurements and proportions of the type series of Litoria kikori sp. nov." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/5CAB0F016F7D996953D73EFDA60EC93C" tableUuid="5CAB0F016F7D996953D73EFDA60EC93C">1</tableCitation>
) and all
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have similar webbing on the hands and feet. Dorsal colour pattern is variable, ranging from bluish green heavily mottled with dark brown, through to predominantly greyish-brown with a small amount of blueish-green splotching. Ventral colouration is consistently off white to buff, with only slight variation in the extent of light-brown mottling on the legs and along the sides of the torso. The single female is substantially larger than the males in the type series (Table
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) and has more extensive greyish-brown mottling on the ventral surfaces but is otherwise similar in colouration and proportions.
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<label id="C22A08FB578EAF2D8F67951303C0254B">Table 1.</label>
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<paragraph id="AE2F2ABCBEE970E5D82CA30D9C881C41">
Measurements and proportions of the type series of
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<emphasis id="E68E3A3956E1C4081981C338A54B9337" italics="true">Litoria kikori</emphasis>
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<tbody id="FB1C1301D35381B9DCF94D3D3A44474B">
<tr id="9DC201FB024796BA8553BB74E4495ECD">
<emphasis id="C432EA5BBE03E73EAEE45C6186C6E9BA" bold="true">
<td id="407B56F9B7DBF70C089A57F05466C57F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<named-content id="B5D2E985BAE4F4B1E86D0DA72F5185D1" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/south-australia-museum" xlink_title="South Australia Museum">
<collectionCode id="378736809B1083BFB9B5E0C47B536D3F">SAMA</collectionCode>
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</td>
<td id="A0D1C99282BA2FFB0693B439F06706C9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<specimenCode id="15A0749B33BEC4D5E5511276E4997D0C">R 69990</specimenCode>
</td>
<td id="8D9130AA0861426E45A070A1B7853013" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<specimenCode id="B605D6EAE573133AF27F73C9DACC4D33">R 72336</specimenCode>
</td>
<td id="DC4417A028A90F90F181098D1FE25465" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<specimenCode id="0E091CA34A855F6A2AE759D7F336CAE1">R 69989</specimenCode>
</td>
<td id="1EDF180762CBDEF3E651B3BC5BD2FC7C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<specimenCode id="49E7BFF8F5CD5E3AB466BB84B844DC2A">R 69986</specimenCode>
</td>
<td id="5864F655D990E301DF9B7DB1CE951656" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<specimenCode id="E43AE3198C343691C2B45CB2E1AAA7CE">QMJ 98371</specimenCode>
</td>
<td id="15A4081EC7E1EE1B0B57CC7F9760DF13" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<specimenCode id="47D5B43283D526B46870C72DC2C7C519">R 69987</specimenCode>
</td>
<td id="F188B64B162D9A6F9C951DEC2CCAD9A0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<specimenCode id="D862B81FA841BD92CF98B0C96CD26A0A">R 69991</specimenCode>
</td>
<td id="910512A5B026576DCEE22E5BE3DD7062" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EQCAG" xlink_title="Papua New Guinea National Museum">
<collectionCode id="6479384A2750970FFA507769A7ACD204">PNGNM</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="3A6DDF00BCBECBD46EFA187721C3428E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<specimenCode id="EF25F330EA931B046E893B8B0E50CEE9">R 69988</specimenCode>
</td>
<td id="AF849E3C3869891CFB89952162D64BD7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<specimenCode id="77BC3B0E5C55E74CC2819FF37BDC42D3">R 69992</specimenCode>
</td>
<td id="1A930A8842ABF72C7AB6710FC27EA85A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<specimenCode id="575B6D2B774206202B75C729A914C47B">R 72337</specimenCode>
</td>
<td id="C0E7A6046B0F8FD33ADCBFEF7462A77E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Mean</td>
<td id="0D09ECA088E1EBFDE09CE9613BCC3240" colspan="1" rowspan="1">SD</td>
<td id="B83A946BAD30C39E21EC0F5D16355494" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Min</td>
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</tr>
<tr id="C488337EED1DCB9FE1A7670953D05E8E">
<td id="CA7260FDEC187FF6A6A45CBF5E9C3BE0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Sex</td>
<td id="F73190FF9F6E7B9C1F7AD39EE9BB1DA2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">M</td>
<td id="7B529B275E07D880C78635325F33C733" colspan="1" rowspan="1">M</td>
<td id="ADBA987099175B215D43D8CFEFD4C1F2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">M</td>
<td id="E3FFAF24D4ACC9F3D662C330EEBBBC1F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">M</td>
<td id="CC7C5007D16287FFBB0B61264A6AB432" colspan="1" rowspan="1">M</td>
<td id="0EFEE14C73BF475F110720F73B7117B1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">M</td>
<td id="8586CAF97D2091D5AC741540A02213C1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">M</td>
<td id="C489B6B76419ADEF847721593D7755D1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">M</td>
<td id="669386839DF3CC9B3716CB65B6816498" colspan="1" rowspan="1">M</td>
<td id="10626A6E67522BB0910A8016C910A5A8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">M</td>
<td id="BC326C93D07962958358B43872056BEC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">F</td>
<td id="2F8738F0BF0C720AB1A618F1C33D0665" colspan="3" rowspan="1">males only</td>
</tr>
<tr id="58815A8281D84457A807FF161BABC7FC">
<td id="4DF58895D2481C0225B3E27EE9484565" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFFAG" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="5CBA80046C1E71A50EC28D3360F8F734" colspan="1" rowspan="1">31.0</td>
<td id="9D9B8643E9C9E29417CC08AD37B15D24" colspan="1" rowspan="1">33.3</td>
<td id="1EE80E66C3163E5798217F9D2927AD79" colspan="1" rowspan="1">32.0</td>
<td id="DAF317B029DE5713DDD8A6F75AE21118" colspan="1" rowspan="1">34.0</td>
<td id="9B2602B9EC9355A641652A10A18808C7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">35.8</td>
<td id="5C3B5D11BAD14BEE43B39DC210F0271F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">35.2</td>
<td id="4AB0C7C6B666C7750F03A19045B2B64B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">35.0</td>
<td id="F8FD49A4DE8BD516CDC29D4BD3AE6BE0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">33.9</td>
<td id="1327D8B1E1A860BBF4C75934435FC7FF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">29.9</td>
<td id="3AC9B5D9AD261FC443A74266E0D7E75A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">31.0</td>
<td id="E5EF2E4FEF79FCAA2AA8FC11BC53B246" colspan="1" rowspan="1">45.5</td>
<td id="1BC9EF820109046EF9A5BB92EF237863" colspan="1" rowspan="1">33.1</td>
<td id="BF1927567C5ED37073B2BB066EBC22BC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.0</td>
<td id="DE6E51675C818780422627C65BC47E24" colspan="1" rowspan="1">29.935.8</td>
</tr>
<tr id="86150F33A6809A67D7AF3606DAA6BCD2">
<td id="225F034455DEC820863B0212B0B24484" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EYGAG" xlink_title="tibia length from heel to outer surface of flexed knee">TL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="D1C9C070235B625E049F5C468B880E78" colspan="1" rowspan="1">20.9</td>
<td id="3134A932013154A9E321455F68C25EE8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">20.7</td>
<td id="69A5D6E93037491CFACA5D1443A3084B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">18.9</td>
<td id="60BCB4A5F67AE971D5EF6534EA3E51C9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">22.2</td>
<td id="291F04BF1D451479ACB0CC1ECF17134E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">21.9</td>
<td id="F06D996F3E5415AE436FFA50E0912FCF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">23.0</td>
<td id="6010350918E72959A4A0C5D70CBCDFEE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">22.5</td>
<td id="002386078FFF4397308F0C263DC1DE02" colspan="1" rowspan="1">20.0</td>
<td id="F254A1222DEFDAFF86560109F821A8A3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">19.5</td>
<td id="64A871B8EC1C34B809B21041D783D576" colspan="1" rowspan="1">21.0</td>
<td id="A78DE84FBE5162D165C2648F4E055AEA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">28.4</td>
<td id="E410C13AFE4746B2D74617848461E58A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">21.1</td>
<td id="9A7B6CF20F8878B3E951CD4F91920E71" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.3</td>
<td id="9221A6DDB0FADD6BF781559D0395F081" colspan="1" rowspan="1">18.923.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="AB8F9E1656E61270B0B753646BACF184">
<td id="45E2F5999A0E15563975BA9331BBBD9B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELIAG" xlink_title="head width at level of tympana">HW</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="56F2744607DADAE377CF05A7661565D8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.2</td>
<td id="0A04FB78E1F600616BC7BB13DF9ACF53" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10.6</td>
<td id="ABB465601F555C43BAAEA84A049BD104" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10.3</td>
<td id="5DEF4441DDB5F13D6CDED8A1EBCBB293" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.4</td>
<td id="F63CC996DFFC673D8010F9D8E8BA0F8F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.1</td>
<td id="A9DF6BBF7D480F43E7EB58C1D47E858D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.5</td>
<td id="403B4EE46D8F0C287D855CA40B36DEB7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12.4</td>
<td id="C9800952E8D63E140065F26E2D169193" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10.9</td>
<td id="2E0D982215F95BA790528C98C1D20096" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.0</td>
<td id="976AC265937EA902494063973D832127" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10.8</td>
<td id="1BDE77A8BD55D570173BB8595F4273C4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">14.6</td>
<td id="C5DAC997F30C82305683D293413EE272" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.1</td>
<td id="D6BC1EB651A0C634D64EA775E784D396" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.6</td>
<td id="9BDD735C8D112E9ECC88BA6E1BC7AC35" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10.312.4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="6FFA192EE07A450505531141ED75FF77">
<td id="C12DA4885C6B0C8AB98974774E879CBD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5JAG" xlink_title="head length, from tip of snout to posterior margin of tympanum">HL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="7D39EEB200E66BFB7A242414E8A3F4E0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.5</td>
<td id="59636D773A94E4E14C2230E31C2C5E3F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.0</td>
<td id="196B21402A94BB54872ABEF7EA07C49F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12.0</td>
<td id="1526711E6296BD6B97C216ABCCC56EB2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12.0</td>
<td id="53C96B6B40CCA6C63F88174B153BD807" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.8</td>
<td id="CEE8B555A579A649EEEF49B8D7407847" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12.5</td>
<td id="545DEB8D9DA4881FA2F8423FE39455B2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12.7</td>
<td id="10640185F351D9E81A9ECD3244C0305C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.4</td>
<td id="591661461422E6DA112335464C0F4B1C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.4</td>
<td id="0C3980AE43F46C149952F429C9B72E26" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.5</td>
<td id="67CC13209527B69518CEF0518F38AD9C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">15.0</td>
<td id="8E0C36FC45B0588502694F1C34BBB39B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.8</td>
<td id="40DBCABC71F716A76AE86DC19CF50808" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.5</td>
<td id="E4E0F3E68638E2D291F225A731CF8BC0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.012.7</td>
</tr>
<tr id="5C06929285DFC19FEA981E0487280C73">
<td id="5D056DE15574656B8905E2FDA2A836B2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ERLAG" xlink_title="distance from anterior corner of eye to posterior margin of naris">EN</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="54F2FC6A1CF489D54C58136AD2BC1E84" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.5</td>
<td id="E079C25D34F3EB39F85CC3D47E3DA628" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.7</td>
<td id="00CA531DAA1A8EEF2F57AA2097453DF9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.2</td>
<td id="A388E8C9A507C8B02C3500EFC02F0545" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.5</td>
<td id="C48C03E94571E26AD3239C660EC2DD62" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.9</td>
<td id="BE6157563E143BB6397DF51284BFCBAA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.9</td>
<td id="39291A533D9AD2F3AA2A84A7DDC71385" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.7</td>
<td id="2D18BFD9C93BF0C841F0463CE932462F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.8</td>
<td id="BDEEDB526D4BE0F45E92189338C653AE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.4</td>
<td id="B446DBF2AC5D71DE538774C015A5CBAD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.3</td>
<td id="BFA88B8ED1A6B938D596CADFF9CB61F1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.5</td>
<td id="680AB81D49E12C8FFEF6C82AED680B3D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.6</td>
<td id="6ABC20EF458B2D742463B1CD92B46639" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.2</td>
<td id="903A39BA4F4C79DB834DE6DCB9C92751" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.22.9</td>
</tr>
<tr id="4AFB48AF63AC430B0D8DF328DD8E8F2A">
<td id="9FADA09D73D1D87F7EAB2404EF5483BA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EENAG" xlink_title="internarial distance, between medial margins of external nares">IN</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="B66F21A149C2284A75A02390D98B202C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.3</td>
<td id="B46165C38C9C66CFB71A6466A5C0A46D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.6</td>
<td id="D450873318576F0A26C2858326F18CD8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.3</td>
<td id="6CD92FF0A93DA655C7C3B666745AC52F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.3</td>
<td id="546C49BA591A6135646EA98E2405AA03" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.4</td>
<td id="F3D2ADEB8B6A52DDD9F325297939FBD6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.4</td>
<td id="21BE88E2EB83745579F6FEFB5EE03CAB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.5</td>
<td id="17BCA79A630250615459A9683F03289B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.6</td>
<td id="12DCA2995FB8836D566B260AC7252F6A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.0</td>
<td id="23FDA682C5846F6A657711B730F64965" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.1</td>
<td id="329DEE4D532A8670A63C0E663852E602" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5.5</td>
<td id="5977CE36F12B6C98B784E091E50E96D5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.3</td>
<td id="F702868DE6EAFFDFE5E0335628681375" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.3</td>
<td id="E3C8B6D2F87A49380745D652A8E349D7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.64.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="33088DD027CDA721C24B0B573440BB41">
<td id="1841670D92C49EBB71F23AFC8601D358" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXOAG" xlink_title="horizontal diameter of eye">EYE</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="0553E56873376D92A4F56606A325A56F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.4</td>
<td id="9B217AAD4AF6F0DF1071117DE1AFA7D8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.4</td>
<td id="D2871BBAF0F327633FA4891CF74C5196" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.5</td>
<td id="0D5D50D42AE979E29D3E956E0148B85C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.5</td>
<td id="3F8E8501B456DCB8DFF4CC9360CF31B4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.3</td>
<td id="CE3ECCCA676F953D2B2A4E0F65BAD119" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.4</td>
<td id="8B59B65534473CF0BE44C51B982B5907" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.5</td>
<td id="B09F3C9452F9F9A3143B8E88180EB139" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.3</td>
<td id="70A8A54D7C3AB4C9FD23779916E98A71" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.9</td>
<td id="42FA25B98483B5C5A66E0497894A4059" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.0</td>
<td id="BD3839B38F2B3F0D0A230E653773D6A5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5.6</td>
<td id="3CA5BE8ABC721AD14AB07AFBEF8993F9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.3</td>
<td id="14C330E20BCDB138A2AD8771AC87996F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.2</td>
<td id="80CF7B3CAD0B951D17CD591AF06942E7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.94.5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="5F0BC32812C904DA181469B2B588FBB7">
<td id="03B0358155A0E7FAF2EA7F8FB0C8EFF5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EKQAG" xlink_title="horizontal diameter of tympanum including tympanic annulus">TYM</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="2DE805EAFE24DE8ACAFF46971BC8D684" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.4</td>
<td id="384CBA7D3CA4BDA43494B7CDDD0C5C1E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.4</td>
<td id="3FA5E4852C65CAA0F81F111C113A28C1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.4</td>
<td id="CF64242E8263708E748BAEE41D4D04B0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.3</td>
<td id="3315E6BA0D765740D1476CDB0CD5E40C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.7</td>
<td id="C350A21F2D88DC9B6FB6FAF6CB4ECD0B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.6</td>
<td id="DA30C746A28457D1775759D109DFF3DA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.6</td>
<td id="D18F8B424EAF833E2AF16516C01B523F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.5</td>
<td id="DB2A2F2C31FF705A9F5684420893F597" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.5</td>
<td id="77607BBCBFD194DCCAF8738A935E448D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.5</td>
<td id="800921B39C07CBB18509CAC45DC925BC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.0</td>
<td id="0D3EA5DA3540A66EF3DA03F4FCEBB1F1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.5</td>
<td id="6BEF564D7B1E723E7F63FDB9B96D4708" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.1</td>
<td id="D52352F80821AD905F19DDEA9347266C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.31.7</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F9E7F3D59B36E374B7C255FD25F6C2F7">
<td id="EEF2D3E24CE5C23373839DD2B8222624" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4RAG" xlink_title="transverse diameter of disc of finger 3">3 FD</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="193D64866D60534B774704F094095AE2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.6</td>
<td id="1DEFECF37D36EF2CA55561A46DD2A4A3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.6</td>
<td id="048E041B43A23D82DDC9E39F41AE49CE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.6</td>
<td id="24EEB89754B547118B70D5C323DCB52F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.7</td>
<td id="9743270126B62E88BF323642B366A09A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.6</td>
<td id="FA91A6DE5D5341A7A369775DC3206CA5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.6</td>
<td id="AF49CB683D9B093226BAC442FDF92810" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.8</td>
<td id="19823B447BEDB6B61AA0AF1866A3C232" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.5</td>
<td id="DF5860ABD27BAC2B33BDBEF6A51A8998" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.5</td>
<td id="751F6DDC249F7F2F4F51ACB336A66BAD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.5</td>
<td id="F046B3AD49B0FCC04EFFE3C8E2234B8B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.3</td>
<td id="CD5CE86B508F51845960C07AB628E1C5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.6</td>
<td id="6CC3258F06864D78E2F450F19782B608" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.1</td>
<td id="3AF0D77BA4A21E2339B8136F2905C498" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.51.8</td>
</tr>
<tr id="318D702264EDB7B2EB3121DAD5F8A11B">
<td id="A2E9DD6663D392CF66D7AD72F714A136" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EQTAG" xlink_title="transverse diameter of penultimate phalanx of finger 3">3 FP</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="8219CF61E4A6C1B48ACEAEFDBBD73E71" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.0</td>
<td id="6E5F93628A9D0F8346F7181B74051BD4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.9</td>
<td id="67BC8003578C2DF1CC371BBF1DAD6198" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.0</td>
<td id="282CB6ED924D2FB925A775E13738EF37" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.9</td>
<td id="BA0F54F5B6945D10E1D5D9794B8AAB96" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.1</td>
<td id="F3F41BA0F01FEA80B4B3CDBAA703948C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.0</td>
<td id="16F376477E55A56B1338F6F5675BBC22" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.2</td>
<td id="FC22F83E462B758115DA93B7A8B357A7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.1</td>
<td id="80CAE2D660CAD1A31EE3D1D311957352" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.9</td>
<td id="162E9C682D31B94E728B4EF16BE542B4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.0</td>
<td id="555F972FCB3EF307B0F3C72B8F4A2F0D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.5</td>
<td id="6FE1E9DAB325B57C85A378BDA7B38E47" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.0</td>
<td id="C73F8E2CB4CCB772CF64564C3C37CEC8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.1</td>
<td id="C1094F2BCFBE042CCE5E7400783372C5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.91.2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D4D079A33A3E88DE7D07C23793AB61D0">
<td id="6233D7AE821F683D3BC45A2CED086E0C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDVAG" xlink_title="transverse diameter of disc of toe 4">4 TD</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="C7802D82EB3E135FD7E1029093BE42E6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.4</td>
<td id="67F3EE498D89C1CF0F5123FE349F9C53" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.3</td>
<td id="313C8B736EBE3B61BE34B1E7F85762C4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.4</td>
<td id="9F8E05B3B62E7150A12E4840E74ADC34" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.5</td>
<td id="B43B859D1A526CD0C0234AC4E1CBB080" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.5</td>
<td id="966682D5F2397855471A770A8D50B55E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.3</td>
<td id="061EC6AEB73B767AD9D23AC2C247F822" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.5</td>
<td id="365E57446014A967F5BAF1114E77681D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.4</td>
<td id="2469D6D6531A57A4D4F8FFF9238C42D9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.4</td>
<td id="1A01BDB2A7A5E730F5D1C8428BB2E538" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.4</td>
<td id="103664678B4830F4ADD005B6465FA1FE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.8</td>
<td id="7D66C8100940565619067B47545ED9F4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.4</td>
<td id="DF2E69AF22AAC2A709D23DBA2BB46C07" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.1</td>
<td id="B19EAB262F24B57F9C333BD4767CF5CE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.31.5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="5C4BBECB39A053C34F72568F402F68D1">
<td id="9AD22DE769DEA30C5336A2357B68B685" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EWWAG" xlink_title="transverse diameter of penultimate phalanx of toe 4">4 TP</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="4970C1DFFEB895A7CF8E39B006185941" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.9</td>
<td id="93FD28B0248F29C764A4CCC1609064DB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.8</td>
<td id="87C89AF8A121C614021017A92885A193" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.9</td>
<td id="56088CF3E04E2F2638BE72887E443C04" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.9</td>
<td id="8250454032DB608589AFD8A42F79D794" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.1</td>
<td id="A78B5B85949AEF2D3770BEF5AE316762" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.9</td>
<td id="2EC9F4ACFBED5B1860360659248495DC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.2</td>
<td id="91D1DF2E2855440925E9A266FC144226" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.1</td>
<td id="2A5A7E2A72F127F589EF3BEDE5B66512" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.9</td>
<td id="6E28E88639061F77536A9A98F2CB1B11" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.1</td>
<td id="0978766FB55D67E7D866D4964919DE53" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.3</td>
<td id="92962EFB6BDB53F37DA7D4D2CEA11574" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.0</td>
<td id="4BE9CACE73483595548A82CA7670F148" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.1</td>
<td id="B6A6434C79B2075070372463FF572E82" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.81.2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="EBC920147CB7D7A34F5F5B2783FD17EF">
<td id="FA009429D22ACBC1EB1C056E659EEBA6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJYAG" xlink_title="tibia length from heel to outer surface of flexed knee">TL</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ENYAG" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="C657B109E34FDDE9B797DF5D306F9F5B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.67</td>
<td id="2BA8CCAD9D4967C2C1FA732B64DE2997" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.62</td>
<td id="7EE2C81F653FC16D68DE20BDC2FD7163" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.59</td>
<td id="5155322E69A99F4D7310C2E77B89CBD2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.65</td>
<td id="BDA9FBABE064ADCD3523C39093B208A5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.61</td>
<td id="1EBAA8016CC6C39A40712E9DF236DE68" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.65</td>
<td id="899D22C2CFB98A2F903BD1F4FC66ACB2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.64</td>
<td id="0276AA40D04BB0CDCF268B8E176559C8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.59</td>
<td id="A8A10EF85129851BD6AD4045913847EC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.65</td>
<td id="09BA4373C385ADA4E5D4E6DC31AB9B29" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.68</td>
<td id="242EB0258BC86F73B1E230F74DA6F108" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.62</td>
<td id="41B8EE9AC3ACEFE608852A0501E58D01" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.64</td>
<td id="3B292AD08974DC5A97FB90B641A8184D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.03</td>
<td id="F5731D08E4E3B2452BDC544725F790BA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.590.68</td>
</tr>
<tr id="108141E0018B9636E1FE9C960CEA29CF">
<td id="724B551FDBBFDA95A7793759D2842E4A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6ZAG" xlink_title="distance from anterior corner of eye to posterior margin of naris">EN</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ED1AG" xlink_title="internarial distance, between medial margins of external nares">IN</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="9B8BF6F929DBC21073B36648C145FAFA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.58</td>
<td id="A9F97FE218E4152BA62523FC32A81C79" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.75</td>
<td id="FFBF8D55D0DDEBAC900E087E3DA614BE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.51</td>
<td id="A1D074C7FABD6E5F29972974F7A96B74" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.58</td>
<td id="6301A6C3F6B83B4830A6F3EDC732E89B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.66</td>
<td id="0FC1CF862FACB82598E1396555DF059A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.66</td>
<td id="81B676DDC5B0E177F89233A41859D5EE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.60</td>
<td id="446283DCED471C7F81D135AF3F9E0E3C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.61</td>
<td id="EA93F170BE7A1FBFFF9268ED3F634DDF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.60</td>
<td id="24FC40C8A786433C66E27EE37214898B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.56</td>
<td id="3CD947790A6BD94FF57B565185C506DA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.64</td>
<td id="7ADE0AA7593ADB5DF82910C904CE94AE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.61</td>
<td id="91716F686AEA2DCE8E1BC36BAD6B4E07" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.07</td>
<td id="2523F97CB1A5AE399D68CEDF4E22BF2B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.510.75</td>
</tr>
<tr id="5B82A1650079064E03158EC9D417A374">
<td id="7FBFB16E6374FB84BE4933219FA5B1A9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EV2AG" xlink_title="horizontal diameter of tympanum including tympanic annulus">TYM</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZ2AG" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="E0CC3BB4FB0B0DDE70B55CABC7C45E66" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.05</td>
<td id="31FC60D20650D48B073D52C7BB682FEF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.04</td>
<td id="FC26A32E79A0883098826E8FF20508F4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.04</td>
<td id="530DEE932FF42725ADA57D390CC2FCE0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.04</td>
<td id="724008A75BF8FD5B7A1932BDF2A1AB6A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.05</td>
<td id="72CAEEC18968D3DAD7369E8B09E8E340" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.05</td>
<td id="3105377F05A0A6B19DB27E31D5325C5A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.05</td>
<td id="666D4316C7101BB329D07D8A3F82EDC2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.04</td>
<td id="43B09C4D3A32227D23E9D061C3E6EAE6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.05</td>
<td id="61C72A4E84C4D11880C5BDCB4B896B23" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.05</td>
<td id="C44ACDCBEDBFB85CDF65D5872341E616" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.04</td>
<td id="D2224B82F43BA9425A2B4015986938C6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.05</td>
<td id="BC9D5304A8ED5D6000A09765AE80A47A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.00</td>
<td id="2F9DCAEA10B6FFF1A4C00044BE4BC80B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.040.05</td>
</tr>
<tr id="CC3F5795DAB00229A30B092F382961E1">
<td id="45C17F950A4A01A2A59F4D421C599EDA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EL4AG" xlink_title="horizontal diameter of tympanum including tympanic annulus">TYM</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EP4AG" xlink_title="horizontal diameter of eye">EYE</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="379DD4BD50407488C3D6D7344119C159" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.32</td>
<td id="FAB9B15B2C1EF1255B98AFDD5EABAD70" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.32</td>
<td id="E0B92F30D418D01CFB3A37E29CB5C886" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.31</td>
<td id="6EAE5A5BB79A801EBD51DC90F6F29B10" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.29</td>
<td id="0C5B6FBDBBD391BE6A1C7135B1D52728" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.40</td>
<td id="BDAF2085CF0062E7A21A1A4D70A24169" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.36</td>
<td id="29DE1905C6FEF28D7B9CCC6967EA8020" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.36</td>
<td id="E67B0176159024D80AE758D3EAEF10DB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.35</td>
<td id="298084B3034854BC9D2F13E87683ED10" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.38</td>
<td id="85ECBDBFEEBB74181CD647F90E1B8E18" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.38</td>
<td id="4AF1F725250479BE531BCCD121C05783" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.36</td>
<td id="285F1B1A2904A0FBFA84A0E461D8B078" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.35</td>
<td id="93996EE3298AD410E0BEF1CB16461D99" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.04</td>
<td id="0F08AC25CCC13F1EE3384D2112F4C3AA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.290.40</td>
</tr>
<tr id="43A5D9BBDC73E0B4E3A9C778900D0CCE">
<td id="09776C5026EC1079AF3C849AA8BA3C84" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EB6AG" xlink_title="horizontal diameter of eye">EYE</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EF6AG" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="21B239C4D87079B92325650289AE9671" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.14</td>
<td id="D5A9F67508A89F0E1846E3A55E6AEB55" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.13</td>
<td id="B3C7B871E815E6E0E2B869B2E0A03098" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.14</td>
<td id="041E23249E2A379F651F45091FD25572" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.13</td>
<td id="0ABD4E0974D9189585DC711822F056AB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.12</td>
<td id="4C2216EDCD330220D2E25B6979FCEB4A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.13</td>
<td id="D88FECA1DC7AF540C5AD75EAE5CAE961" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.13</td>
<td id="98B66C2B39255CD9F23C58F903B3CB8E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.13</td>
<td id="EA728D8C83CB43032C7B734A503EA2A5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.13</td>
<td id="1359A4A7C3102DB07ED5B44526CD1FC0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.13</td>
<td id="57AEFFF3F13FFFD088833B6902CD42FB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.12</td>
<td id="57A0DB4AA2AF08B53179D3CD01D1E92C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.13</td>
<td id="A2EACB14C029A86533662E33DC7F04F4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.01</td>
<td id="D9727D638A862613864FA31D73C0F2D6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.120.14</td>
</tr>
<tr id="49630017E56CBB64CF573757BF4C7CCF">
<td id="56410F8FDC1C2388C0D22AD10F6A6596" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXABG" xlink_title="head width at level of tympana">HW</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2ABG" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="6CC4E06D8980890A7F8FBC375893251E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.36</td>
<td id="D3DB12ED08345DE63B91A20204966908" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.32</td>
<td id="25502B13CD167DDD3D0C93B46BFC8979" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.32</td>
<td id="B5134790855ACF12F2F0E6CECA89345A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.34</td>
<td id="3E41C756A95B527ABE1223BB8B05BC70" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.31</td>
<td id="E5C96D4C9408233368592A1572E5BB41" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.33</td>
<td id="F615D1C296FA792C0AD6D97E19394225" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.35</td>
<td id="0D12090A345A0D32BABBB746E5689A61" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.32</td>
<td id="C52386BA4050962460FE8C47B5BD1278" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.37</td>
<td id="52E761811BA854C1F20F730D100693DD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.35</td>
<td id="04BBE56A7D219B0196BB0C8D272F4C5B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.32</td>
<td id="B52544CB19ED7158D189D406AB16465A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.34</td>
<td id="F2147FF392D16F9CB5BA9F78316D4045" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.02</td>
<td id="F8A34AB75AC2B025C64C924AC9BEAB85" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.310.37</td>
</tr>
<tr id="7A64EDB5EDA7E4787CFB647E65A89C87">
<td id="E5FC8EB517639252955E3F75AC213CEC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ENCBG" xlink_title="head length, from tip of snout to posterior margin of tympanum">HL</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ERCBG" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="C16ECDD9D17F9BB8FC2F3EFF95177D22" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.37</td>
<td id="C516B4BBD1F9C8F20895EA37CA9280EF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.33</td>
<td id="0BB33AAEFA24099B26C1285322B80BFC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.38</td>
<td id="506D5C8BCEB96DDED08DA713FF7EAD77" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.35</td>
<td id="CCEC4015A7139651FC9525E621236027" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.33</td>
<td id="B8B8C89636D38FCF42C2770B04444A0C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.36</td>
<td id="384FC1AB5B7F3F82F6862FEFBF0B8C73" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.36</td>
<td id="740223338A89F56BDC4CBB022B9A58D4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.34</td>
<td id="8263416F966D0D80A1F7C20C391A9104" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.38</td>
<td id="D727C06D5147E3E8F5B3D80DFF6E7536" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.37</td>
<td id="799EC1533B8A672BAA6C76EAC04C0765" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.33</td>
<td id="62D92AE0913D60DAB57889A3F744E642" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.36</td>
<td id="C02AE7A21A0F4ECE5116FAF398D69844" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.02</td>
<td id="FA1AE8F1E1476F5AD7E36B7A13468F53" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.330.38</td>
</tr>
<tr id="6EC2171AA15A278E92D3257AF41EF930">
<td id="EF43C269CFD151B2CAF5984B81AFE79E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDEBG" xlink_title="transverse diameter of disc of finger 3">3 FD</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHEBG" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="EA0887EDD77DED10B41DE908F7981AB3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.05</td>
<td id="3E7C0AF5A410F4BBD8A5B188095DA5EF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.05</td>
<td id="F989D8CFD46DDA28A6B62F8370C54228" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.05</td>
<td id="C5F8435FBF87BE82BC6DC52ADCE94DE5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.05</td>
<td id="E1830303D95C26B4A51F37E6D4924861" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.04</td>
<td id="F6F9EC235CB94DC3834A440C543D0925" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.05</td>
<td id="DFA4FCF681ED2DBE012FB24BF0D623FC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.05</td>
<td id="6186368CC97C9917573053F726DF864B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.04</td>
<td id="F7926F7E176466E6A7643EF2392B0FDB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.05</td>
<td id="31A393D5E5B48A283A88CD64DFC344C3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.05</td>
<td id="CCCAEDE94DA583A9D491ABC898C8D79A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.05</td>
<td id="8493BADF5FA49CDEEF04EABA178C5773" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.05</td>
<td id="F5CA259CCC748C2BA4E200069C26D0BB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.00</td>
<td id="BDE675247588E25C45D6D1ACAED9D77C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.040.05</td>
</tr>
<tr id="0C868ED23D63FD694FB4863E22961604">
<td id="1F1DF1553FEA2EF2DB32FC38D7190E47" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZFBG" xlink_title="transverse diameter of disc of toe 4">4 TD</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4FBG" xlink_title="body length from snout to vent">SVL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="79F09D1B1E417459C4DB215479C5D414" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.05</td>
<td id="4BBD1C8C8E05D098F2F5AE0234F06876" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.04</td>
<td id="92405CA1026061E6983AB5347FCEFF17" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.04</td>
<td id="2683F7B652C747499386B4E876DF3CB7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.04</td>
<td id="EE554449903C10D7B2F37028CB84EE9E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.04</td>
<td id="206B04B06319B9023A17813B6A97A863" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.04</td>
<td id="BD4EB0239452EED34938C20ABAF70D37" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.04</td>
<td id="6F62E1362CBD4A01050B03D8D23E9E91" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.04</td>
<td id="6DCE5114BE09C328127DE5DF33F320FF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.05</td>
<td id="00ACD7C84399C6C8CF665BA006306418" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.05</td>
<td id="3FE898029F5DA39723065D98FB5C1834" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.04</td>
<td id="A40DAAF6561FBAA0484720EBFF49D6A5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.04</td>
<td id="6DD7C953EC19EEFF5CE8FEE2B0593C22" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.00</td>
<td id="8811293A868E4F1B75CCE2091AD1801B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.040.05</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B16D57DDD0C751543C2C2815DC7CE019">
<td id="90A046E587BF3186FFCE3AC7B2C71E23" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPHBG" xlink_title="transverse diameter of disc of toe 4">4 TD</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETHBG" xlink_title="transverse diameter of disc of finger 3">3 FD</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="4AB391B97B58A2AF89B380659F7290E8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.88</td>
<td id="35969D7798D2A14081FFAF4FB6DB9903" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.81</td>
<td id="44E2CBED166E32C191821AB867CCDFAD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.88</td>
<td id="8B0F4CDAA80720F800B56DB7D8CB7DC4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.88</td>
<td id="642260C93A6AD87F4E94D0F75A974F3D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.94</td>
<td id="0A9B3F575D11D36514CEE1CE98C7A125" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.81</td>
<td id="6C5E6CB675BBAEB5DA22E0AF944C2EA8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.83</td>
<td id="F710E98C9BCCCB1D731AB154B0D8590C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.93</td>
<td id="B1526BDB29D3F3EF786A53C99CB2CBDD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.93</td>
<td id="1DFBD260EC93F36F8CC4B940435CDFA6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.93</td>
<td id="86A8E3CF2147AE7F64ACF3FB5D3E4C44" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.78</td>
<td id="BE492FF79B3F399064AA658EC71A5388" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.88</td>
<td id="76760FEBB4315FE87292B5E0AB544E6B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.05</td>
<td id="6C032EC2EAD10BC3F23839F54F8876F4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.810.94</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B45EDC4F116D8C18A55EA50DDD7417F6">
<td id="8006ACE0C3DE43F1F6281CCF8ABF12D2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFJBG" xlink_title="transverse diameter of disc of finger 3">3 FD</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJJBG" xlink_title="transverse diameter of penultimate phalanx of finger 3">3 FP</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="E18258075EE933581AE0C1CE87491DE3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.6</td>
<td id="0A8F0EA0EF1EC17C7A0EBF82C81E80AD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.8</td>
<td id="61DB0E8B24F1A872C1A822F7A98C8804" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.6</td>
<td id="29A9466E78DBF35043308C57268B0B35" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.9</td>
<td id="436FDE2D04CF88C516EF82692893C97E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.5</td>
<td id="0D52BF7FAB54BE321D9C4CB9961F940E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.6</td>
<td id="E11AB7595B766E19A2F1A8F15E4D3F84" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.5</td>
<td id="B925FD63873A46396F7614031B75A0FA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.4</td>
<td id="16304744C3CD5326309881493E1F3599" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.7</td>
<td id="BC51C1DAC03083C47B28F4F207A72A52" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.5</td>
<td id="94E5959DD1A0DFFD6FC831CAD4A94133" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.5</td>
<td id="D7996B6B37460312CA0EBE4D6D515D03" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.6</td>
<td id="C1C30AAD215FE4946B2F0E9F73CF95D0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.16</td>
<td id="22015378144DF9904D266F6CF4AF9F3E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.41.9</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D39D6C3552ED2C2D59D03FF2C5622715">
<td id="73EE1D7CD5A85EC6D28E99E3A405E3E4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2KBG" xlink_title="transverse diameter of disc of toe 4">4 TD</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6KBG" xlink_title="transverse diameter of penultimate phalanx of toe 4">4 TP</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="3C7AB4D9B855392E07CF265632362FBA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.56</td>
<td id="AE758963672FA593C05C85E9C149C1B4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.63</td>
<td id="19E1FBF5FFF582C9943CDBE627F9B70C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.56</td>
<td id="ECE9AB267574F9A89EB72EEDA34D5E20" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.67</td>
<td id="F3A40B2DA91DB5EF2FF8D0934675A5C8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.36</td>
<td id="C606124494321663D5DDB62925D95A57" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.44</td>
<td id="B769B6D57ACFBF9A63F06A5472D5F79E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.25</td>
<td id="FA25DB75788A26EBC0EF21684E70C286" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.27</td>
<td id="114757F8D94743DBF1B30F90B67B47C7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.56</td>
<td id="347AC70A50E82A2D2D23DBCCEBE3644B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.27</td>
<td id="9FE235F3E3BAF7BBE6599BFE43DCC5F6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.38</td>
<td id="DB43607EF8C9512F088C3EBD9BD17E4D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.46</td>
<td id="21AEB081597136DEBDE699F5CBD824E4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.16</td>
<td id="F26D7AD4C1619E1E6FB05A63118A0C4F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.251.67</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EMMBG" type="Colour in life">
<paragraph id="D41D91CA69E47EAEE456856B477783B2">
<heading id="C21996E35959636BEE17927284C02D22" reason="title">Colour in life.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="29917B047C03E990651CA51D49A74B11">
The following description of colouration in life is based on photographs of
<specimenCount id="908DAD55FE27570286C38738209E3EBC" count="3" type="generic">three specimens</specimenCount>
(Figs
<figureCitation id="3C44A8ABC69D12B436B908853C0920D3" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. In-life images of Litoria kikori sp. nov.: A adult female paratype (SAMA R 72337) from Bifo Creek, Papua New Guinea; B adult male paratype (SAMA R 72336) from Bifo Creek, Papua New Guinea; C adult male, unvouchered specimen from Libano Sok, Papua New Guinea. All photographs by Stephen Richards." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080911">1 A C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="C847B9A34814184D288FAB3DE7EB85B7" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Detailed comparisons of Litoria kikori sp. nov. and L. spartacus: A dorsal views of L. spartacus (top) and L. kikori sp. nov. (bottom) holotypes; B comparisons of underside of fingers, showing wider discs and rounded subarticular tubercle on finger 4 in holotype of L. spartacus (left) versus narrower pads and bilobed tubercle on finger 4 on holotype of L. kikori sp. nov. (right); C orange groin and lower shanks of L. spartacus from Moro, Papua New Guinea; and unpigmented or, at most, slightly purplish groin and shanks on L. kikori sp. nov.; D holotype; E paratype SAMA R 72337. All photographs by Stephen Richards." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080912">2 D, E</figureCitation>
). Dorsal surfaces of torso, snout, forelimbs and most exposed surfaces of hindlimbs mottled with medium brown and bright green, with relative extent and dominance of green and brown areas showing considerable variation across specimens. Exposed surfaces of thigh light brown without green pattern. Tympanum always brown. Posterior edge of upper jaw usually with at least some small off-white blotches. Lateral surfaces of body sometimes with large ragged-edged silvery-yellow blotches. Where portions of venter are visible in photos (2 D) they are translucent, but heavily overlaid with white spots and brown maculations. Hidden posterior edge of thighs, shanks and inguinal region purplish. Tubercles around vent white. Iris silver with thin dark-brown vermiculations.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E1MBG" type="Advertisement call">
<paragraph id="2BA20A5F4ED09E3BECCD02FBDB40A948">
<heading id="655E5382FE3153C15C89C5A3D42CC895" reason="title">Advertisement call.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="63CD92B223244706A02342BC0DB5B797">
We recorded 13 calls from four individuals. Calls were similar among all individuals and were combined for analysis. The call of
<taxonomicName id="1C7600A9D2FA83CC08D30E1A138E2020" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikori" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B12FDDE3802DA77D6662EB0795630ADF" italics="true">Litoria kikori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="9A22FB7D191F4B56649C95EDA14FB2E4" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="0C0CA80AE4F4131EF19FF03280D0A2E7" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is a single loud, musical note, sounding like tink, uttered from leaves and branches between 2 and&gt;
<quantity id="8E7DFBEBC0ED98F6FD5CD6C47E0C7F21" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" unit="m" value="5.0">5 m</quantity>
above the banks of large foothill streams. Calls are 0.03
<geoCoordinate id="16DB7CD1D5B888D861F1E718D370EFB0" degrees="0.05" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="-0.05">0.05 s</geoCoordinate>
long (mean = 0.04, SD = 0.008, n = 13); notes are not pulsed, but two notes are partially divided into two subpulses. Frequency is concentrated in two bands, one at about 3600 Hz and the other at 1800 Hz (Fig.
<figureCitation id="19FA63A631492898C10EA87403DBF419" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. A waveform, B power spectrum and C spectrogram of a single call of Litoria kikori sp. nov. (SAMA R 69990) recorded at an air temperature of 24.5 ° C." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080914">4</figureCitation>
). The higher band is dominant in 11 calls (34603660 Hz, mean = 3600, SD = 58.32) while the lower frequency was dominant in two calls produced by
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<collectionCode id="A2EA1BE6CED83913C7688DB83A5AE961" country="Australia" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34982" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34982" name="South Australia Museum" type="Museum">SAMA</collectionCode>
</named-content>
<specimenCode id="5FB049C24B1DFE6152505A0D4E950E66">R 69992</specimenCode>
. Calls were produced at 0.3837.0 seconds. However, if a single rapidly repeated couplet produced by
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<collectionCode id="CA48D7227D9E481C07785E352D92DC82" country="Australia" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34982" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34982" name="South Australia Museum" type="Museum">SAMA</collectionCode>
</named-content>
<specimenCode id="7A3230C198FD19DAC41A95A1112566AE">R 69991</specimenCode>
(
<geoCoordinate id="F726B31CCAAA27B9A09F71F915AE2F95" degrees="0.38" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="-0.38">0.38 s</geoCoordinate>
interval) is excluded then inter-call interval is 11.937.0 seconds (mean = 17.8, SD =
<geoCoordinate id="715C0B92A95206C579BF3042B2B03C7B" degrees="8.0" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5555" value="-8.0">8.0 s</geoCoordinate>
, n = 8). Males produced these single-note calls in bouts lasting for at least several minutes. An exemplar call from
<typeStatus id="1A969EAB3165B665F917FBD8B66724C2" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
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<collectionCode id="D33F03BA56BEE18E596030735D621FDE" country="Australia" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34982" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34982" name="South Australia Museum" type="Museum">SAMA</collectionCode>
</named-content>
<specimenCode id="8E9F93E4112DEABD0B37FA089D15BAFF">R 72336</specimenCode>
has been uploaded to iNaturalist (
<ext-link id="A8067183163781352B268ED8F681CBCC" ext-link-type="uri" xlink_href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/218063325" xlink_type="simple">https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/218063325</ext-link>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="815A06E1A60291273496C824993974DD" ID-DOI="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure4" ID-arpha="927E06C2-77EA-55E4-BC33-22DB0D502C44" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080914" startId="F4">
<paragraph id="91907E87C34F6E251DD3D021C96C65CE">
<label id="F22FCA30C7BC5A52E989B8DDF24F867C">Figure 4.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E258B803B583BD4C7C63F0682B0A598F">
<emphasis id="D03800F9080B4E7A5C0F3AA485476E93" bold="true">A</emphasis>
waveform,
<emphasis id="D7E71DDCE9A99AFE0092C1EDD2865AF9" bold="true">B</emphasis>
power spectrum and
<emphasis id="2D6C2D8774FA4817CA8B44D547A572C6" bold="true">C</emphasis>
spectrogram of a single call of
<taxonomicName id="F41C8E2E853EE1A2B3E44965C23359F4" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikori" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="955BD92F8AB2F2804DFD7DDD24660B9D" italics="true">Litoria kikori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="5A1D4AB7EDC75A2CC8AD477EAD891D40" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="816DFD967AA7F9CCC1A10709CC006682" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
<named-content id="CB226F503F5BB680662DEB7996180F20" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/south-australia-museum" xlink_title="South Australia Museum">SAMA</named-content>
<specimenCode id="548995AF271381C71AFFC341F0720EA1">R 69990</specimenCode>
) recorded at an air temperature of 24.5 ° C.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EGPBG" type="Molecular differentiation">
<paragraph id="6D08BA1AB34DC74669FEE3E56DD46066">
<heading id="C665967DD5AA909280CED9CE15F24E40" reason="title">Molecular differentiation.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B16361E586616336C4455AA16E55C91F">
Genetic divergences (p-distances) between
<taxonomicName id="0B75E815FDC8CD4228DA530FE022F727" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikori" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="F1A7D7B1D454B3DA8F8B2CC48CC21908" italics="true">Litoria kikori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="25E00EF82612ECB0CA8491A5A647632D" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="477DE4391DBC96C486C2273519F4D908" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and its closest relative
<taxonomicName id="3017A8CDD3B93FF2B22043BC4F4E088B" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2006" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spartacus">
<emphasis id="904487F46BDC5EA3AAF192BF7A034AB5" italics="true">L. spartacus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were between
<geoCoordinate id="F70A40E49D9B998463133572D9DDB66F" degrees="0.135" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="0.135">0.135</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="5019A54C99E767E8B191F40CB1E8AF77" degrees="0.146" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="-0.146">0.146</geoCoordinate>
(based on comparisons of 654 bp of mitochondrial
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EEQBG" xlink_title="mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4">ND 4</abbrev>
gene data).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EIQBG" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="D3DA524C764EDD5EA484F75FF4EE12F1">
<heading id="42668214797462036CB91FA6E502D4FD" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EBFCA1D45765BDB86E7EDEFE07D2B2B0">Named in reference to the Kikori River basin to highlight the remarkable frog diversity and broader conservation significance of this region. Used as a noun in apposition.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ENQBG" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="41FF2310C09D1A82E40444C434BF73C2">
<heading id="156FD9FECAAC811DAD440279222C8806" reason="title">Distribution and ecological notes.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AD21C3DE53409DCBBE6F2C62E9429F11">
Known only from two locations, Libano Sok and Bifo Creek, located
<quantity id="A5B41FB4266B2F1077D17540D93C79EF" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.0" unit="km" value="6.0">6 km</quantity>
apart in the Kikori River basin along the southern slopes of the Central Cordillera of
<collectingCountry id="E80D4C7F7E9C7C90D747353AFAEAFF12" name="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="0181ACDA4AABA26CE1CF2E43FB8B0B06" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Distributions of Litoria kikori sp. nov. (white circle), L. spartacus (blue squares) and L. grinpela sp. nov. (black circle, type locality). The black and white circle is Libano Sok where both new species occur in sympatry. Libano Sok is the type locality of Litoria kikori sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080915">5</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="27D89E95C1AFCD8B135DEFCC92EAC709" ID-DOI="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure5" ID-arpha="39E7A329-E7EC-5094-93CE-DA1AFE951F60" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080915" startId="F5">
<paragraph id="86E6EB7AB874C984A5488216352B6DB1">
<label id="E7F621E57B69EBD2CC346D11880E8F6D">Figure 5.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5F3B9FF009B618AD5E80DFE728432C8D">
Distributions of
<taxonomicName id="6CBB6956BB23801B5420A810B712D8F8" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikori" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="42C3587835C1F00BB5036D616D3C274B" italics="true">Litoria kikori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="8F931118D4E502CED35E24D63D04AD27" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="261174470306BD56283ABDFB37A57E99" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(white circle),
<taxonomicName id="D52F58DB1DBDA4AA79B4F8185117CD54" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2006" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spartacus">
<emphasis id="9F2366AE6CC2D62FF127A490B5F025C9" italics="true">L. spartacus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(blue squares) and
<taxonomicName id="E073AC355E31903143E76CDBE6A46940" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="grinpela" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="30C2216FCCA8A043C8223CD5956BD508" italics="true">L. grinpela</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A79F33A95EB78C108A457FCB0A1B1917" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D44F43E93E2B2C8137F62093EDD10D1A" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(black circle, type locality). The black and white circle is Libano Sok where both new species occur in sympatry. Libano Sok is the type locality of
<taxonomicName id="11D01C1650DA604B9FC18AAD312E3C94" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikori" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="55B2EAB23D20C78A0FDFD93188888CBF" italics="true">Litoria kikori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="68B1D6F9CB0C9B92C43A455DFAF7EA96" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D5429EE34BF7932C1609E61742D1AF3F" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="9EDDEB6E6B5435FE19B9646E5C391B40">
Males in the type series were calling from leaves between 24 metres above swift-flowing rivers in hill forest (Fig.
<figureCitation id="F64E6A5666EC8BDBBF4B9975DF02DFB3" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. A Streamside habitat of Litoria kikori sp. nov. in foothill forest at Bifo Creek, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea; B habitat of L. grinpela sp. nov at the type locality along the Liddell River, Western Province, Papua New Guinea; C a waterfall emerging out of the ground just upstream from image B. This is the lowest known locality (215 m a. s. l.) for three other stream-breeding pelodrydadid treefrog species: L. arfakiana, L. spartacus and Nyctimystes pulcher." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e123251.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1080916">6 A</figureCitation>
). The female
<typeStatus id="09F2C61E12277D4FC777C6F75A47AD68" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
(
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</named-content>
<specimenCode id="E886B667DE50C04257F201FE5251B235">R 72337</specimenCode>
) was collected from a tree adjacent to Bifo Creek. Five large, yellow eggs measured in situ were 1.72.0 mm diameter in diameter. At Libano Sok
<taxonomicName id="DF996C29AF9ECB641FA2D9589D4DD2B1" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikori" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="1A7D9BAA809550DE243BA2D426DF4356" italics="true">Litoria kikori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="961CFD1AF370ED6882445FD6105629F6" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="62D40B9DA8C4653A9B219B16FA55DA8B" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
occurred in sympatry with one other torrent-breeding pelodryadid frog, the new species described below. No other torrent-dwelling
<taxonomicName id="963CB9030E8F9A61FF0051D16F2C2E70" authorityName="sensu Tyler and Davies" authorityYear="1978" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="F8ECA218746AFCCA88AE51145B63A160" italics="true">Litoria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were detected at Bifo Creek.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2A460844C62D0BE644310AB355D58D80">
<label id="3AC344D82AF42721D32DBAFF6C44D8A1">Figure 6.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4F92A82A39EDC7AA075062334C1F98B5">
<emphasis id="CC201359B1D04BFC08F78EA54EE8061F" bold="true">A</emphasis>
Streamside habitat of
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<emphasis id="A2FFC74209761C7387B469C878035324" italics="true">Litoria kikori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="7E936CCFEEBC71AAC71972AA84344068" bold="true">
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</emphasis>
in foothill forest at Bifo Creek, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea;
<emphasis id="D8A5B5B55479F7053053B729E4770EA0" bold="true">B</emphasis>
habitat of
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<emphasis id="A466AB134800280F3BDAAA4E7A5F174A" italics="true">L. grinpela</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="523ED6AAE5C4CC97B8D4C47E21D09228" rank="species">sp. nov</taxonomicNameLabel>
at the type locality along the Liddell River, Western Province, Papua New Guinea;
<emphasis id="7AF6CF8F7835E0A6D52E6B2664B8AA1C" bold="true">C</emphasis>
a waterfall emerging out of the ground just upstream from image B. This is the lowest known locality (215 m a. s. l.) for three other stream-breeding pelodrydadid treefrog species:
<taxonomicName id="710A16E6EC5AE38E79A8876EDE828012" baseAuthorityName="Peters &amp; Doria" baseAuthorityYear="1878" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arfakiana">
<emphasis id="73A8A7B19AD5A9271F9D7E8182BAA064" italics="true">L. arfakiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EF8BDAC25E41C792B8DB0D5B99B393E8" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2006" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spartacus">
<emphasis id="7EC4143FE009CD2B9B87C39FA991DFB1" italics="true">L. spartacus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="E2D0105F2A09BB079D48798705831B4F" authorityName="Wandolleck" authorityYear="1911" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Nyctimystes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pulcher">
<emphasis id="D5BBADBF43049ABABF145CDD66A12129" italics="true">Nyctimystes pulcher</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E6VBG" type="Suggested IUCN redlist status">
<paragraph id="CCBE651E94CC78A2303E5084BC795256">
<heading id="3E665312D2411022C635F9CC89D488D0" reason="title">Suggested IUCN redlist status.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E63BE198C80A6D4A4611507B32DD18BB">
<taxonomicName id="8A287DC19487DB554AED13D7693587CC" authorityName="Richards &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikori" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="CC2F2C42F317CAFF7D486A63DF55EF37" italics="true">Litoria kikori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="2D18D326C757DF29DF2B8D15AF431DE2" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A9B2FD0228DAD77780BFA085096FC1D8" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is known only from two sites approximately six kilometres apart. However, there are large areas of forest in the region, which is sparsely inhabited. Furthermore, it occurs at elevations at which ecologically similar torrent-breeding
<taxonomicName id="410DFAB1C2082C98904CF2A3B3C0AB61" authorityName="sensu Tyler and Davies" authorityYear="1978" class="Amphibia" family="Pelodryadidae" genus="Litoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B57DA751DA772C3F36E9E20DE68B9056" italics="true">Litoria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in tropical
<collectingCountry id="5FD05CDF906E2FC9A5B22AA01BDDB595" name="Australia">Australia</collectingCountry>
have been able to persist in the presence of the frog pathogen
<taxonomicName id="C379D8707E67056F82F904773DCCDA1B" class="Rhizophydiomycetes" genus="Batrachochytrium" kingdom="Fungi" order="Rhizophydiales" phylum="Chytridiomycota" rank="species" species="dendrobatidis">
<emphasis id="0C219D51FC7157B694B8D8FD9DC77EBC" italics="true">B. dendrobatidis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Despite its small range, and uncertainty about the species ability to persist if intensive logging occurs, we suggest that this species should be considered Least Concern at this stage. However, we stress that further surveys are needed to better document this species distribution and the extent to which it overlaps with areas of forest loss.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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