Kuranda tree frog

species of amphibian
(Redirected from Ranoidea myola)

The Kuranda tree frog (Ranoidea myola) is a frog from Australia. It lives in Queensland. Scientists have only seen it near the Barron River.[2][3]

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

The adult male frog is 3.5 to 4.5 cm long and the adult female frog is 5.7 to 6.9 cm long. They can be brown, tan, gray or a mix of these with darker brown or green marks. The female frog spends most of her time in trees and the male frog spends most of his time near streams.[3]

This frog is endangered because of habitat loss, because of the fungal disease chytridiomycosis, because of predators brought from other places and because of competition from a similar frog, the green-eyed tree frog.[3]

References change

  1. Conrad Hoskin (2004). "Kuranda Tree Frog: Litoria myola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T136003A4225804. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136003A4225804.en. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Ranoidea myola (Hoskin, 2007)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Azucena Barrios; Alec Bauer; Heather Foreman (April 27, 2017). "Litoria myola: Kuranda Tree Frog". AmphibiaWeb. Retrieved September 18, 2020.