Baliem River Valley tree frog

species of amphibian

The Baliem River Valley tree frog (Litoria umbonata) is a frog from New Guinea.[3][1][2]

Baliem River Valley tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Litoria
Species:
L. umbonata
Binomial name
Litoria umbonata
(Tyler and Davies, 1983)[2]

The male adult frog is 28.5 to 35.7 mm long from nose to rear end and the female is 3.1 to 4.2 cm long. It has some webbing on its front feet and more webbing on its hind feet. It has teeth on its upper jaw. It is creamy or brown in color.[2]

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 Stephen Richards; Rainer Günther (2004). "Litoria umbonata". 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55756A11361808. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55756A11361808.en. Retrieved July 7, 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Michael J. Tyler; Margaret Davies (August 16, 1983). "A New Species of Litoria (Anura: Hylidae) from Irian Jaya, New Guinea". Copeia. 1983 (3): 803–808. doi:10.2307/1444349. JSTOR 1444349. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  3. "Litoria umbonata". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved July 7, 2020.