Taxonomy
Based on molecular data, the previously very diverse genus Hylarana was split in several genera, many of them previously treated as subgenera, in 2015. Molecular data from Papurana moluccana was not included in the study, and therefore its placement in Papurana is provisional, pending more morphological and molecular data.[[8]]
Habitat and conservation
This presumably common species has been found in water-filled pits in a village. It can occur at elevations up to {{convert|700|m|abbr=on}} above sea level. It might be threatened by logging. It is not known to occur in any protected areas.[1]
References
1. ^1 2 3 {{cite journal | author = Stephen Richards | author2 = Djoko Iskandar | title = Papurana moluccana | journal = IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume= 2004 | page = e.T58670A11822436 | year = 2004 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58670A11822436.en }}
2. ^1 {{cite journal |last1=Oliver |first1=Lauren A. |last2=Prendini |first2=Elizabeth |last3=Kraus |first3=Fred |last4=Raxworthy |first4=Christopher J. |last-author-amp=yes |title=Systematics and biogeography of the Hylarana frog (Anura: Ranidae) radiation across tropical Australasia, Southeast Asia, and Africa |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |date=2015 |volume=90 |pages=176–192 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2015.05.001}}