Montane Pinocchio frog
The montane Pinocchio frog (Litoria vivissimia) is a frog from the island of New Guinea. Scientists saw it on Hides Ridge in the Southern Fold Mountains in Papua New Guinea.[1] Like the Pinocchio frog, it has a point on its nose that can grow or shrink.[2][3]
| Montane Pinocchio frog | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pelodryadidae |
| Genus: | Litoria |
| Species: | L. vivissimia
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| Binomial name | |
| Litoria vivissimia Oliver, Richards, and Donnellan, 2019
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The male adult frog is about 28.6 mm long from nose to rear end. It is light yellow-brown in color with light green patches and more yellow on its legs. It has a spike on its nose, and all of its toes are webbed.[4]
As of 2019, scientists only saw Litoria vivissimia once,[3] in Central Cordillera. The scientists used DNA barcoding to examine Litoria vivissimia and its relatives, the parachuting frog and the Pinocchio frog.[5]
The Latin name of this frog, vivissimia, means "cheeky monkey."[6]
References
change- ↑ "Litoria vivissimia Oliver, Richards, and Donnellan, 2019". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
- ↑ "Litoria vivissimia". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Carley Rosengreen (June 7, 2019). "Frog discoveries have scientists hopping". Griffith University. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- ↑ "Litoria vivissimia". Plazi. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- ↑ Paul Oliver; Stephen J. Richards; Stephen C. Donnellan (2019). "Two new species of treefrog (Pelodrydidae: Litoria) from southern New Guinea elucidated by DNA barcoding". Zootaxa (abstract). 4609 (3): 469. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4609.3.4. PMID 31717094. S2CID 182921660. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- ↑ Meilan Solly (June 10, 2019). "Meet the Newly Described Long-Nosed Pinocchio Frog". Smithsonian Museum. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
