Northern New Guinea tree frog
species of amphibian
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The Northern New Guinea tree frog (Nytimystes gramineus) is a tree frog from Papua New Guinea.[2][3][1]
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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. gramineus
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| Binomial name | |
| Nyctimystes gramineus (Boulinger, 1905)[2]
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This is a canopy-dwelling frog, meaning it lives high in the branches of the trees where the leaves grow. For a while, scientists thought Litoria dux was a different species, but some scientists now think Litoria dux is part of Litoria graminea.[4]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Richards, S.; Allison, A. (2004). "Northern New Guinea Treefrog: Litoria graminea". 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55724A11357366. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T55724A11357366.en. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Nyctimystes gramineus (Boulenger, 1905)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
- ↑ "Northern New Guinea Tree Frog: Nyctimystes graminea". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- ↑ Fred Kraus (August 8, 2018). "Taxonomy of Litoria graminea (Anura: Hylidae), with descriptions of two closely related new species (Abstract)". Zootaxa. 4457 (2): 264–284. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4457.2.3. PMID 30314169. S2CID 52972250. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
