Five new species of the pelodryadid genus Litoria Tschudi from the southern versant of Papua New Guinea’s Central Cordillera, with observations on the diversification of reproductive strategies in Melanesian treefrogs Author Richards, Stephen J. 0000-0002-0251-3884 Herpetology Department, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia. steve.richards@samuseum.sa.gov.au Author Donnellan, Stephen C. Herpetology Department, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia. Author Oliver, Paul M. Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Rd, Brisbane, Queensland 4121, and Biodiversity and Geosciences Program, Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Queensland, 4101 Australia. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-04-05 5263 2 151 190 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.1 journal article 244284 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.1 f898021c-9f1e-4df7-9d98-b4dbd5644eff 1175-5326 7800918 9EF23FE9-DDD8-46D4-A275-09A35243BF30

TABLE 3. Measurements and ratios of the type series of Litoria gracilis sp. nov. SAMA R71697 is the holotype.

Museum #	SAMA R 71673	SAMA R 71674	SAMA R 71677	PNGNM (SJR 8854)	SAMA R 71678	SAMA R 71679	SAMA R 71680	SAMA R 71682	PNGNM (SJR10422)	SAMA R 71697	SAMA R 71698	SAMA R 71699	SAMA R 71681
Sex	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	F	Mean	Range
SVL	27.4	26.5	27.9	25.1	27.4	26.3	26.0	25.4	27.6	28.0	27.6	28.2	28.6	27.08	25.1– 28.6
TL	15.7	14.7	15.7	14.4	15.2	15.3	14.3	14.4	15.2	14.5	14.8	15.0	15.8	15.00	14.3– 15.8
HL	8.7	8.3	8.5	8.1	8.1	8.5	8.6	8.2	8.7	7.1	7.3	7.8	9.0	8.22	7.1–9.0
HW	8.0	7.8	8.0	7.5	7.7	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.7	7.9	7.66	7.4–8.0
EYE	3.0	3.0	3.4	2.6	3.2	3.0	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.07	2.6–3.4
TYM	1.0	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.15	1.0–1.2
EN	2.7	2.4	2.2	2.4	2.5	2.4	2.2	2.4	2.6	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.5	2.38	2.2–2.7
IN	2.8	2.7	2.6	2.3	2.5	2.9	2.6	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.70	2.3–2.9
4TD	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.0	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.12	1.0–1.3
4TP	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.80	0.7–0.9
3FD	1.3	1.3	1.5	1.1	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.4	1.29	1.1–1.5
3FP	0.8	0.9	1.0	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	0.89	0.8–1.0
HW/ SVL	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.30	0.28	0.29	0.29	0.30	0.27	0.26	0.27	0.27	0.28	0.283	0.26– 0.30
HL/ SVL	0.32	0.31	0.30	0.32	0.30	0.32	0.33	0.32	0.32	0.25	0.26	0.28	0.31	0.304	0.25– 0.33
HL/ HW	1.09	1.06	1.06	1.08	1.05	1.13	1.13	1.08	1.18	0.96	0.97	1.01	1.14	1.073	0.96– 1.18
TL/ SVL	0.57	0.55	0.56	0.57	0.55	0.58	0.55	0.57	0.55	0.52	0.54	0.53	0.55	0.554	0.52– 0.58
EYE/ SVL	0.11	0.11	0.12	0.10	0.12	0.11	0.12	0.13	0.12	0.11	0.11	0.11	0.11	0.113	0.10– 0.13
TYM/ SVL	0.04	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.042	0.04– 0.05
TYM/ EYE	0.33	0.40	0.32	0.42	0.38	0.37	0.35	0.34	0.38	0.39	0.40	0.40	0.39	0.375	0.32– 0.42
EN/IN	0.96	0.89	0.85	1.04	1.00	0.83	0.85	0.89	0.93	0.82	0.79	0.79	0.89	0.886	0.79– 1.04
EN/ SVL	0.10	0.09	0.08	0.10	0.09	0.09	0.08	0.09	0.09	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.09	0.088	0.08– 0.10
IN/ SVL	0.10	0.10	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.11	0.10	0.11	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.100	0.09– 0.11
4TD/ SVL	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.041	0.038– 0.047
3FD/ SVL	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.048	0.041– 0.054
3FD/ 4TD	1.18	1.08	1.15	1.10	1.08	1.30	1.20	1.20	1.18	1.08	1.08	1.05	1.27	1.151	1.05– 1.30