Archipelago big-eyed tree frog
species of amphibian
The archipelago big-eyed tree frog (Nyctimystes perimetri) is a tree frog from Papua New Guinea. It lives on islands in the Louisade Archipelago.[3][4][2] It lives in forests and wetlands not near the ocean.[1][5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pelodryadidae |
| Genus: | Nyctimystes |
| Species: | N. perimetri
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| Nyctimystes perimetri (Zweifel, 1958)[3]
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The adult male frog is about 5.1 cm (2.0 in) long and the female 6.7 cm (2.6 in) long. The dead, preserved frog is dark gray. There is some yellow on the throat.[5]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Nyctimystes perimetri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T55781A152547021. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55781A152547021.en. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Nyctimystes perimetri". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Nyctimystes perimetri". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- ↑ Richard George Zweifel (1958). "Frogs of the Papuan hylid genus Nyctimystes. American Museum novitates; no. 1896". American Museum of Natural History. hdl:2246/4567. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Richard G. Zweifel (1958). "Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 78 Frogs of the Papuan Hylid Genus Nyctimystes" (PDF). American Museum of Natural History. p. 31. S2CID 54698209. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 11, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
