Bulmer's tree frog

species of amphibian

Bulmer's tree frog (Ranoidea bulmeri) is a tree frog from Papua New Guinea. Scientists found it in the mountains between 1500 and 2000 meters above sea level. It does not live in many places.[3][4]

Bulmer's tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Clade: Ranoidea
Species:
R. bulmeri
Binomial name
Ranoidea bulmeri
(Tyler, 1971)
Synonyms[2]
  • Hyla bulmeri (Tyler, 1968)
  • Litoria bulmeri (Tyler, 1971)
  • Dryopsophus bulmeri (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016)
  • Ranoidea bulmeri
  • (Dubois and Frétey, 2016)

This frog has a dark stripe behind its eye. The stripe goes down its body on each side. It sometimes has yellow coloring on its throat and chest.[5]

In the local language, this frog is called kogop.[5]

References

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  1. Stephen Richards; Fred Parker (2004). "Litoria booroolongensis". 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55712A11354533. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55712A11354533.en. Retrieved August 24, 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "Ranoidea bulmeri (Tyler, 1968)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  3. "Booroolong Frog - profile". New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage. December 1, 2017. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  4. "Litoria bulmeri: Bulmer's tree frog". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  5. 5.0 5.1 R.N.H. Bulmer; M.J. Tyler (1968). "Karam classification of frogs". 77 (4): 333–385. Archived from the original on February 8, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)