Hylidae, Rafinesque, 1815

Karin, Benjamin R., Stubbs, Alexander L., Arifin, Umilaela, Bloch, Luke M., Ramadhan, G., Iskandar, Djoko T., Arida, Evy, Reilly, Sean B., Kusnadi, Agus & Mcguire, Jimmy A., 2018, The herpetofauna of the Kei Islands (Maluku, Indonesia): Comprehensive report on new and historical collections, biogeographic patterns, conservation concerns, and an annotated checklist of species from Kei Kecil, Kei Besar, Tam, and Kur, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 66, pp. 704-738 : 732-733

Family Hylidae

Litoria cf. bicolor ( Gray, 1842) — New Record (Fig. 36)

Type locality. Port Essington , Northern Territory, Australia .

RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY 2018

Fig. 36. Dorsum and venter of three specimens of Litoria cf. bicolor collected from Kei Kecil ( ALS 128–130 ). Photo of colouration of one specimen just after death ( ALS 130 ) .

Distribution in the Kei Islands. We collected three specimens of this species from Kei Kecil, representing a new record for the Kei Islands.

Natural history. Found around axils or on leaves of small vegetation.

Field identification. Best differentiated from Litoria infrafrenata by lacking a thick white lip. Colour uniform green above, with a brown stripe along the side of the snout that proceeds through the eye and the tympanum and dissipating posteriorly along the sides of the body; groin and ventral surface of thighs yellow; distinctly enlarged toe discs; fingers with slight webbing; toes three-quarter webbed; SVL 22–29 mm (n=3).

Remarks. The collection of Litoria cf. bicolor represent a new record for the island group, and raises the number of frog species from two to three. This may well represent a new species in the L. cf. bicolor group.