Milne big-eyed tree frog
species of amphibian
The Milne big-eyed tree frog (Nyctimystes persimilis) is a tree frog from Papua New Guinea. Scientists saw it on Mount Dayman and Mount Simpson between 1370 and 1400 meters above sea level.[2][3][4] 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. persimilis
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| Nyctimystes persimilis (Zweifel, 1958)[2]
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This frog is about 40 mm long from nose to rear end. When alive, this frog is light brown with green or brown patches or olive gray with dark brown patches.[6] Preserved, dead frogs are dark purple-gray, but the preservative may have made it darker than a living frog. This frog has teeth in its upper jaw.[5]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stephen Richards; Richard Zweifel; Fred Kraus (2004). "Milne Big-eyed Treefrog: Nyctimystes persimilis". 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55782A11354995. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55782A11354995.en. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Nyctimystes persimilis". 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.
- ↑ "Nyctimystes persimilis". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved July 14, 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. 34. S2CID 54698209. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 11, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- ↑ James I. Menzies (2014). "Notes on Nyctimystes (Anura: Hylidae), tree frogs of New Guinea, with descriptions of four new species". Alytes. 30: 61–62. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
