MCZ Herpetology A-11652

Litoria thesaurensis (Peters, 1877)

Holotype of Nyctimystes milneara

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1925-12-03

Oceania: Papua New Guinea: Milne Bay Province | Milne Bay

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:A-11652

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Media type: 3D model; Herpetology A-11652 Description: CT scan of skeleton;

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Media type: image; Herpetology A-11652 Description: Specimen photo; Aspect: underside of left forefoot

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Collection: Herpetology
Catalog Number: A-11652
GUID: MCZ:Herp:A-11652

Current Identification

Litoria thesaurensis (Peters, 1877)

Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Anura Bufonoidea Hylidae

Determiner: systematic card on 2021-08-23

Nature of ID: revised taxonomy

Previous Identifications

Nyctimystes milneara

Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Anura Bufonoidea Hylidae

Determiner: Arthur Loveridge

Nature of ID: type ID

Remarks: ALoveridge/1945

Hyla montana

Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Anura Bufonoidea Hylidae

Determiner: Catalog

Nature of ID: migration

Remarks: Catalog/1996

Loveridge 1945, page 57, Holotype of Nyctimystes milneara cited as Nyctimystes milneana

Media type: text; Loveridge 1945 Description: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Volume 58;

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muse location number: ZA11652

Part	Condition	Disposition	Count
tissue (95% ethanol)	good	in collection	1	History
Remarks: liver; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2021-08-12
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa determined date=2021-08-06 determined by=Rina Morisawa
whole animal (70% ethanol)	good	in collection	1	History

Attribute	Value	Determination	On
sex	female	[no agent data], Method: noted on original label	2024-10-09
associated grant	Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR)	By: Rina Morisawa	2021-08-12
head length	11.76 mm	By: Stevie Kennedy-Gold, Method: calipers on specimen	2024-10-09
	Remarks: taken down middle ventrally
head width	13.44 mm	By: Stevie Kennedy-Gold, Method: calipers on specimen	2024-10-09
	Remarks: dorsal measurement; ventral masurement = 14.63 mm
snout-vent length	46.93 mm	By: Stevie Kennedy-Gold, Method: calipers on specimen	2024-10-09
	Remarks: snout-urostyle length: 45.63 mm

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OCE by ALoveridge; original ledger entry notes: "Exch. British Museum" The following measurements were made by Stevie Kennedy-Gold on 9Oct2024: length of fourth toe on hind foot: 16.27 mm (left side), 18.67 mm (right side); length of third finger on front foot: 11.51 mm (left side), 10.57 mm (right side); width of third toepad on front foot: 2.13 mm (left side), 2.08 mm (right side); width of base of third toepad on front foot: 1.61 mm (left side), 1.61 mm (right side); tympanum diameter: 3.23 mm (left side), 2.81 mm (right side); eye diameter: 5.02 mm (left side), 5.02 mm (right side); eye-to-nares distance: 4.74 mm (left side), 4.6 mm (right side); shank length: 24.73 mm (left side), 24.74 mm (right side); forearm length (laterally measured): 9.3 mm (left side), 9.3 mm (right side); forearm length (dorsally measured): 11.15 mm (left side), 10.25 mm (right side); forearm length (ventrally measured): 9.56 mm (left side), 9.44 mm (right side); distance between nares: 3.46 mm (presumed this meant inter-nasal distance); distance from nare to tip of snout: 2.03 mm (left side), 1.99 mm (right side); diameter of nare: 0.51 mm (left side), 0.51 mm (right side); distance between eyes: 7.54 mm; length of interior tuberuclum on hind foot: 1.53 mm (left side), 1.56 mm (right side); width of base of fourth toepad on hind foot: 1.48 mm (left side), 1.3 mm (right side); width of fourth toepad on hind foot: 1.86 mm (left side), 1.3 mm (right side)

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Ocean:
Oceania
Country:
Papua New Guinea
State/Province:
Milne Bay Province

Specimens with same Higher Geography

Specimens from the same Locality

Specimens from the same Collecting Event

Specific Locality:
Milne Bay
Verbatim Locality:
Milne Bay, British New Guinea.
Georeference:
10.3920000°, 150.525000° (Error radius: 301m) By: Brendan Haley on 2019-03-25 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-03-25)[Note: a coordinate uncertainty of 301m is given by Biogeomancer and GeoLocate when unable to determine an uncertainty]
Datum:
WGS84
Coordinates Entered As:
decimal degrees
Collecting Source:
wild caught
Began Date / Ended Date:
1700-01-01 / 1925-12-03
Verbatim Date:
[no verbatim date data]
Collecting Event Remarks:
n/a; directly from received date
Collector:
[no agent data]