Knife-footed frog
species of amphibian
(Redirected from Ranoidea cultripes)
The knife-footed tree frog, olive water-holding frog or desert collared frog (Ranoidea cultripes) is a frog from Australia. It lives in the Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Cyclorana |
| Species: | C. cultripes
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| Cyclorana cultripes (Parker, 1940)
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| Map showing the distribution of the knife-footed frog (Cyclorana cultripes) in Australia | |
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The adult male frog is 4.1 cm long and the adult female frog is 4.3 cm long. Their front feet are not webbed and their back feet have only a little webbing. This frog digs in the ground to make a burrow, where it hides. This frog is gray-brown or olive-brown in color with a thin stripe in the middle of its back down its spine.[4]
This frog lives on flood plains near small streams. It comes aboveground after rain.[4] Scientists do not know what its tadpoles are like.[3]
References
change- ↑ Hero, J.-M.; Horner, P.; Clarke, J.; Meyer, E. (2004). "Litoria cultripes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T41070A10384324. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41070A10384324.en. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ↑ "Ranoidea cultripes (Parker, 1940)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jean-Marc Hero (June 24, 2010). "Cyclorana cultripes: Knife-footed Frog". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Cyclorana cultripes (Knife-footed Frog)". FrogWatch SA. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
