Ranoidea fuscula

species of amphibian

Ranoidea fuscula is a tree frog from Indonesia. Scientists saw it in the Derewo River Basin in Papua Province, 1890 meters above sea level.[2]

Ranoidea fuscula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Ranoidea
Species:
R. fuscula
Binomial name
Ranoidea fuscula
(Oliver and Richards, 2007)
Synonyms
  • Litoria fuscula (Oliver and Richards, 2007)
  • Dryopsophus fusculus (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016)
  • Ranoidea fuscula (Dubois and Frétey, 2016)[2]

This frog lives in mountain streams.[3] The scientists who wrote the first paper about Ranoidea fuscula said it was closely related to Ranoidea dorsivena.[2]

First paper

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  • Oliver, P. M. and Richards, S. J. (2007). "A new species of montane stream- dwelling Litoria from Papua, Indonesia (Anura: Hylidae)". Hamadryad. 31 (2): 299–303.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

References

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  1. Jean-Marc Hero; Dale Roberts (2004). "Litoria fuscula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T136025A4232598. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136025A4232598.en. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Ranoidea fuscula (Oliver and Richards, 2007)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  3. "Litoria fuscula". AmphibiaWeb. Retrieved September 3, 2020.