Lathrana Richards, Mahony & Donnellan, 2025

Donnellan, Stephen C., Mahony, Michael J., Esquerré, Damien, Brennan, Ian G., Price, Luke C., Lemmon, Alan, Lemmon, Emily Moriarty, Günther, Rainer, Monis, Paul, Bertozzi, Terry, Keogh, J. Scott, Shea, Glenn M. & Richards, Stephen J., 2025, Phylogenomics informs a generic revision of the Australo-Papuan treefrogs (Anura: Pelodryadidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 204 : -

Lathrana Richards, Mahony & Donnellan , gen. nov.

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ZooBank LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:47A793B5-4B74-45A4-A2AC-824365227066 Type species: Litoria verae Günther, 2004 .

Content: One species— Lathrana verae * (Günther, 2004) comb. nov.

Diagnosis: Lathrana can be diagnosed from Teretistes by the absence of a rostral spike, the presence of tubercle ornamentations on hindlimb, reduced vs. no webbing between the fingers, and medium vs. large egg size, medium vs. high call dominant frequency, oval vs. triangular call envelope shape, no note rate change across the call vs. present. Refer to Tables 1 and 2.

Distribution and ecology: Wondiwoi Mountains, Wandammen Peninsula in western Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia ( Günther 2004a). Arboreal frogs that breed in small swamps close to periodically flowing mountain streams.

Etymology: Based on the Greek ΛάθΡιος (lathrios, hidden or concealed, referring to the ‘hidden, unexpected’ divergence of this species) and Latin Rana (frog). The latter word is feminine.

Remarks: A monotypic lineage on a long branch associated with another monotypic and distinctive genus, Teretistes on another long branch.